End-of-Chapter Exercises
End-of-Chapter Exercises
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Question 9 Let a and b be two non-zero rational numbers such that ๐+1/๐=0 Without assigning any numerical values, determine whether ab is positive or negative. Justify your answer. Given that ๐+๐/๐=๐, and a โ 0, b โ 0 Now, ๐+1/๐=0 ๐=0โ1/๐ ๐=(โ1)/๐ Cross multiplying ๐ ร b=โ1 ๐๐=โ๐ Thus, product ab is negative