Properties Of Division of Rational Numbers
Property 1 : Closure Property : If a/b and c/d are any two rational numbers such that c/d ≠0, then(a/b ÷ c/d) is also a rational number.
Example : Consider the rational numbers -3/40 and 11/24.
-3/40 ÷ 11/24 = -3/40 * 24/11 = -72/440 = -18/110, which is also rational.
Property 2 : For any rational number a/b, we have :
(a/b ÷ 1) = a/b.
Example : 5/7 ÷ 1 = 5/7 ÷ 1/1 = 5/7 *1/1 = 5/7
Property 3 : For any non-zero rational number a/b, we have :
(a/b ÷ a/b ) = 1
Examples : 5/6 ÷ 5/6 = 5/6 *6/5 = 30/30 = 1
1. Find the quotient :
i) 17/8 ÷ 51/4
ii) -16/35 ÷ 15/14
iii) -12/7 ÷ (-16)
iv) -9 ÷ (-5/18)
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