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Question
Find two rational numbers whose absolute value is `1/5`.
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Solution
Absolute value of two rational numbers is the distance between those numbers when plotted on the number line.
Two rational number whose absolute value is = `1/5` = 0.2 are – 0.1 and 0.1 as when plotted on the number the distance between these two numbers is equal to `1/5` = 0.2


`1/5` = 0.2
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