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Question
There are numbers which cannot be written in the form `p/q, q ≠ 0, p, q` both are integers.
Options
True
False
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Solution
This statement is True.
Explanation:
All the irrational numbers are the numbers which cannot be written in the form `p/q, q ≠ 0, p, q` both are integers and there are infinitely many irrationals.
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