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Rational Numbers

Class 8th Mathematics Part I Karnataka Board Solution
Exercise 7.1
  1. Identify the property in the following statements: (i) 2 + (3 + 4) = (2 + 3) +…
  2. Find the additive inverses of the following integers: 6, 9, 123, -76, -85, 1000.…
  3. Find the integer m in the following: (i) m + 6 = 8; (ii) m + 25 = 15; (iii) m -…
  4. Write the following in increasing order: 21, -8, -26, 85, 33, -333, -210, 0,…
  5. Write the following in decreasing order: 85, 210, -58, 2011, -1024, 528, 364,…
Exercise 7.2
  1. Write down ten rational numbers which are equivalent to 5/7 and the denominator…
  2. Write down 15 rational numbers which are equivalent to and the numerator not exceeding…
  3. Write down ten positive rational numbers such that the sum of the numerator and…
  4. Write down ten positive rational numbers such that numerator - denominator for…
  5. Is 3/-2 a rational number? If so, how do you write it in a form conforming to…
  6. Earlier you have studied decimals 0.9, 0.8. Can you write these as rational…
Exercise 7.3
  1. Name the property indicated in the following: (i) 315 + 115 = 430 (ii) 3/4 9/5 =…
  2. Check the commutative property of addition for the following pairs: (i) 102/201…
  3. Check the commutative property of multiplication for the following pairs: (i)…
  4. Check the distributive property for the following triples of rational numbers:…
  5. Find the additive inverse of each of the following numbers: 8/5 , 6/10 , -3/8 ,…
  6. Find the multiplicative inverse of each of the following numbers: 2 , 6/11 ,…
Exercise 7.4
  1. Represent the following rational numbers on the number line: -8/5 3/8 2/7 12/5…
  2. Write the following rational numbers in ascending order: 3/4 , 7/12 , 15/11 ,…
  3. Write 5 rational number between 2/5 and 3/5 having the same denominators.…
  4. How many positive rational numbers less than 1 are there such that the sum of…
  5. Suppose m/n and p/q are two positive rational numbers. Where does m+p/n+q lie,…
  6. How many rational numbers are there strictly between 0 to 1 such that the…
  7. How many rational numbers are there strictly between 0 to 1 with the property…
Additional Problems 7
  1. Fill in the blanks: (a) The number 0 is not in the set of _________ . (b) The least…
  2. State whether the following statements are true or false: (a) The set of all even…
  3. Simplify: (i) 100(100 - 3) - (100 × 100 - 3); (ii) (20-(2011-201) + (2011-(201-20))…
  4. Suppose m is an integer such m ≠ -1 and m ≠ -2. Which is larger m/m+1 or m+1/m+2 ?…
  5. Define an operation * on the set of all rational numbers □ as follows: r*s = r + s -(r…
  6. Find the multiplicative inverses of the following rational numbers. 8/13 , 12/17 ,…
  7. Write the following in increasing order: 10/13 , 20/26 , 5/6 , 40/43 , 25/28 , 10/11…
  8. Write the following in decreasing order: 21/17 , 31/27 , 13/11 , 41/37 , 51/47 , 9/8…
  9. (a) What is the additive inverse of 0? (b) What is the multiplicative inverse of 1? (c)…
  10. In the set of all rational numbers, give 2 examples each illustrating the following…
  11. Simplify the following using distributive property: (i) 2/5 x (1/9 + 2/5) (ii) 5/12 x…
  12. Simplify the following: (i) (25/9 + 12/3) + 3/5 (ii) (22/7 + 36/5) + 6/7 (iii) (51/2 +…
  13. Which is the property that is there in the set of all rationals but not in the set of…
  14. What is the value of 1 + 1/1 + 1/1+1
  15. Find the value of (1/3 - 1/4) / (1/2 - 1/3)
  16. Find all rational numbers each of which is equal to its reciprocal.…
  17. A bus shuttles between two neigbouring towns every two hours. It starts from 8 AM in…
  18. How many rational numbers p/q are there between 0 and 1 for which q p?…
  19. Find all integers such that 3n+4/n+2 is also an integer.
  20. By inserting parenthesis (that is brackets), you can get several values for 2 × 3 + 4…
  21. Suppose p/q is a positive rational in its lowest form. Prove that 1/q + 1/p+q is also…
  22. Show that for each natural number n, the fraction 14n+3/21n+4 is in its lowest form.…
  23. Find all integers n for which the number (n + 3)(n - 1) is also an integer.…

Exercise 7.1
Question 1.

Identify the property in the following statements:

(i) 2 + (3 + 4) = (2 + 3) + 4;

(ii) 2⋅8 = 8⋅2;

(iii) 8⋅ (6 + 5) = (8⋅6) + (8⋅5).


Answer:

(i) The given statement shows the associative property for addition.


(ii) The given statement shows the commutative property for multiplication.


(iii) The given statement shows the distributive property for multiplication over addition



Question 2.

Find the additive inverses of the following integers:

6, 9, 123, –76, –85, 1000.


Answer:

Additive inverse property:


Case 1: If x is positive number, x+(-x)=0. So, (-x) is called as additive inverse of x.


Case 2: If x is negative number, -x+(-(-x))=0. So, (x) is called as additive inverse of x.


According to the above property,


The additive inverse of 6 is (-6).


The additive inverse of 9 is (-9).


The additive inverse of 123 is


(-123).


The additive inverse of -76 is 76.


The additive inverse of -85 is 85.


The additive inverse of 1000 is


(-1000).



Question 3.

Find the integer m in the following:

(i) m + 6 = 8;

(ii) m + 25 = 15;

(iii) m – 40 = – 26;

(iv) m + 28 = – 49


Answer:

(i) M + 6 = 8


⇒ m = 8 - 6


⇒m = 2


(ii) M + 25 = 15


⇒m = 15 - 25


⇒m = -10


(iii) M – 40 = -26


⇒m = 40 - 26


⇒m = 14


(iv) M + 28 = -49


⇒m = - 28 - 49


⇒m = -77



Question 4.

Write the following in increasing order:

21, –8, –26, 85, 33, –333, –210, 0, 2011.


Answer:

Increasing order of above numbers,

-333<-210<-26<-8<0<21<33<85<2011.



Question 5.

Write the following in decreasing order:

85, 210, –58, 2011, –1024, 528, 364, –10000, 12.


Answer:

Decreasing order of above numbers,

2011>528>364>210>85>12>-58>-1024>-10000.




Exercise 7.2
Question 1.

Write down ten rational numbers which are equivalent to 5/7 and the denominator not exceeding 80.


Answer:

The equivalent rational number can be calculated by multiplying and dividing with a positive number. In the question, it is given that the denominator should not be greater than 80.


First equivalent rational number of when multiplying and dividing with 2 is


Second equivalent rational number of when multiplying and dividing with 3 is


Third equivalent rational number of when multiplying and dividing with 4 is


Similarly, other equivalent rational numbers of are



Question 2.

Write down 15 rational numbers which are equivalent to and the numerator not exceeding 180.


Answer:

The equivalent rational number can be calculated by multiplying and dividing with a positive number and it is given that numerator should not be greater than 180.


First equivalent rational number of when multiplying and dividing with 2 is


Second equivalent rational number of when multiplying and dividing with 3 is


Third equivalent rational number of when multiplying and dividing with 4 is


Similarly, other equivalent rational numbers of are



Question 3.

Write down ten positive rational numbers such that the sum of the numerator and the denominator of each is 11. Write them in decreasing order.


Answer:

The positive rational numbers having the sum of numerator and denominator as 11 are:


According to the question, increasing order of above rational numbers is



Question 4.

Write down ten positive rational numbers such that numerator – denominator for each of them is –2. Write them in increasing order.


Answer:

The positive rational numbers having numerator-denominator as -2 with their increasing order are:



Question 5.

Is a rational number? If so, how do you write it in a form conforming to the definition of a rational number (that is, the denominator as a positive integer)?


Answer:

Rational numbers are those numbers which can be written in the form of , where p and q are the integers and .


Now considering , which is written in the form of . Where . Here both are integers and .


Hence, the number is a rational number.



Question 6.

Earlier you have studied decimals 0.9, 0.8. Can you write these as rational numbers?


Answer:

Yes the 0.9 and 0.8 can also be written in rational numbers.

0.9 can also be written as Which is a rational number.


0.8 can also be written as Which is a rational number.




Exercise 7.3
Question 1.

Name the property indicated in the following:

(i) 315 + 115 = 430 (ii)

(iii) 5 + 0 = 0 + 5 = 5 (iv)

(v) (vi)


Answer:

(i) This is showing addition property.


(ii) This is showing multiplication property.


(iii) This is showing additive identity.


(iv) This is showing multiplicative identity.


(v) This is showing additive inverse.


(vi) This is showing multiplicative inverse.



Question 2.

Check the commutative property of addition for the following pairs:

(i) (ii)

(iii)


Answer:

Commutative property of addition is

(i) Let LHS(Left Hand Side) is


Let RHS(Right Hand Side) is


Hence, LHS=RHS i.e. Which is showing commutative property of addition.


(ii) Let LHS(Left Hand Side) is


Let RHS(Right Hand Side) is


Hence, LHS=RHS i.e. Which is showing commutative property of addition.


(iii) Let LHS(Left Hand Side) is


Let RHS(Right Hand Side) is


Hence, LHS=RHS i.e. Which is showing commutative property of addition.



Question 3.

Check the commutative property of multiplication for the following pairs:

(i) (ii)

(iii)


Answer:

Commutative property of multiplication is

(i) Let LHS(Left Hand Side) is


Let RHS(Right Hand Side) is


Hence, LHS=RHS i.e. Which is showing commutative property of multiplication.


(ii) Let LHS(Left Hand Side) is


Let RHS(Right Hand Side) is


Hence, LHS=RHS i.e. Which is showing commutative property of multiplication.


(iii) Let LHS(Left Hand Side) is


Let RHS(Right Hand Side) is


Hence, LHS=RHS i.e. Which is showing commutative property of multiplication.



Question 4.

Check the distributive property for the following triples of rational numbers:

(i) (ii)

(iii)


Answer:

theDistributive property of multiplication over addition is .

(i) Let LHS(Left Hand Side) is


Let RHS (Right Hand Side) is


Hence, LHS=RHS i.e. a*(b+c)=a*b+a*c. Which is showing distributive property of multiplication over addition.


(ii) Let LHS(Left Hand Side) is


Let RHS (Right Hand Side) is


Hence, LHS=RHS i.e. . Which is showing distributive property of multiplication over addition.


(iii) Let LHS(Left Hand Side) is


Let RHS (Right Hand Side) is


Hence, LHS=RHS i.e. . Which is showing distributive property of multiplication over addition.



Question 5.

Find the additive inverse of each of the following numbers:



Answer:

Case 1: If is positive number, . So, is called as additive inverse of

Case 2: If is negative number, . So, is called as additive inverse of


The additive inverse of


The additive inverse of


The additive inverse of


The additive inverse of


The additive inverse of



Question 6.

Find the multiplicative inverse of each of the following numbers:



Answer:

The multiplicative inverse of a digit is the reciprocal of given digit i.e. ,


The multiplicative inverse of


The multiplicative inverse of


The multiplicative inverse of


The multiplicative inverse


The multiplicative inverse of




Exercise 7.4
Question 1.

Represent the following rational numbers on the number line:



Answer:

(i) on a number line is shown below



(ii) on the number, line is shown below



(iii) on the number, line is shown below



(iv) on the number, line is shown below



(v) on the number, line is shown below




Question 2.

Write the following rational numbers in ascending order:



Answer:

The ascending order of the above rational numbers is



Question 3.

Write 5 rational number between and having the same denominators.


Answer:

The rational numbers can also be written as and


So, the five rational number lies between are



Question 4.

How many positive rational numbers less than 1 are there such that the sum of the numerator and denominator does not exceed 10?


Answer:

The positive rational numbers less than 1 whose sum of numerator and denominator does not exceed 10 are

There are 15 rational numbers.



Question 5.

Suppose and are two positive rational numbers. Where does lie, with respect to and ?


Answer:

I didn’t remember the concept used in this question.

There will be three cases for the question given above.


Case 1: when m/n >1 and p/q >1, this situation means that p > q and m > n


And this means that m + p > n + q and And this will mean > 1 and it will lie between m/p and n/q


Case 2: when m/n <1 and p/q <1, this situation means m < n and p < q


And thus m + p < n + q and this will mean < 1


And thus will lie less than m/p and n/q


Case 3: when any one is less than 1, then the case gets ambiguous.


Let m/n <1 and p/q >1


Now, m < n and p > q


Now we don’t know the nature of


And so this depends on the numbers taken.



Question 6.

How many rational numbers are there strictly between 0 to 1 such that the denominator of the rational number is 80?


Answer:

The rational numbers between 0 and 1 are in the form of having denominator as 80.


Value of ranges from 1 to 79. The rational numbers are


So there are 79 rational numbers lies between 0 and 1 having denominator as 80.



Question 7.

How many rational numbers are there strictly between 0 to 1 with the property that the sum of the numerator and denominator is 70?


Answer:

The rational number is in the form of and ,


According to the question,


So the rational numbers are .


There are 34 rational numbers following the conditions and .




Additional Problems 7
Question 1.

Fill in the blanks:

(a) The number 0 is not in the set of _________ .

(b) The least number in the set of all whole numbers is __________.

(c) The least number in the set of all even natural numbers is _________.

(d) The successor of 8 in the set of all natural numbers is ____________.

(e) The sum of two odd integers is _____________.

(f) The product of two odd integers is _____________.


Answer:

(a) The number 0 is not in the set of natural numbers.


0 is added to set of natural number (1,2,3,4,…..) and it becomes set of whole numbers (0,1,2,3,4,….)


(b) The least number in the set of all the whole numbers is 0.


0 is the smallest number which when added to the set of natural number make it a set of whole number.


(c) The least number in the set of all even natural numbers is 2.


The set of even natural number starts from (2,4,6,….) so the least number in the set of all even natural numbers is number 2 .


(d) The successor of 8 in the set of all natural numbers is 9.


The number succeeding number 8 is number 9 in the set of all natural numbers as the set of natural number consist of term (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,…..)


(e) The sum of two odd integers is always an even number


for e.g;- 3 + 5 = 8 , 5 + 7 = 12


Let m and n be odd integers. By definition of odd we have that m = 2a + 1 and


n = 2b + 1. Consider the sum m + n = (2a + 1) + (2b + 1) = 2ab + 2b + 2 = 2k, where


k = a + b + 1 is an integer. Therefore by definition of even we have shown that


m + n is even.


(f) The product of two odd integers is odd.


Let a and b be two odd integers.


By definition of odd we know that a = 2m + 1 and b = 2n + 1.


Now, the product ab = (2m + 1)(2n + 1)


= 4mn + 2m + 2n + 1


= 2(2mn + m + n) + 1 = 2k + 1, where k = (2mn + m + n ) is an integer. Therefore by


Definition of odd number, the product of two odd integers is also odd.



Question 2.

State whether the following statements are true or false:

(a) The set of all even natural numbers is a smallest element.

(b) Every non-empty subset of ℤ has the smallest element.

(c) Every integer can be identified with a rational number.

(d) For each rational number, one can find the next rational number.

(e) There is the largest rational number.

(f) Every integer is either even or odd.

(g) Between any two rational numbers, there is an integer.


Answer:

(a) The set of all even natural numbers is a smallest element – False


The set of all even natural number consist of elements (2, 4, 6, 8,10,……) but the smallest element is 0 which is not included in the set of natural numbers and the smallest natural number is 1 which is also not included in set even numbers.


(b) Every non-empty subset of ℤ has the smallest element. – true


Every non empty subset of Z have the smallest element. It depends on the conditions attached to the non-empty subset such as the set of even natural numbers has 2 as its least element. The set of prime numbers bigger than 5 has 7 as its least element


(c ) Every integer can be identified with a rational number- true


Every integer is a rational number as each integer n can be written in the form .


For example 7 = 7/1 and thus 7 is a rational number.


(d) For each rational number, one can find the next rational number.- False


One cannot always find the next rational number for each rational number as there also lies irrational numbers in-between.


(e) There is the largest rational number.- False


The largest rational number cannot be determined as there are infinites numbers and each number can be expressed as a rational number.


(f) Every integer is either even or odd – true


We know n is even if n = 2k for some integer k and n is odd if n = 2k + 1 for some integer k.


Every integer can be expressed as 2k or 2k + 1 hence every integer is either odd or even.


(g) Between any two rational numbers, there is an integer. - false


Rational number can be any number 5/1, 2/1, which can be expressed in form of fraction and integers are the whole numbers which are not a fraction so there cannot lie a whole number between two rational number which are fractions.



Question 3.

Simplify:

(i) 100(100 – 3) – (100 × 100 – 3);

(ii) (20–(2011–201) + (2011–(201–20))


Answer:

(i) 100(100 – 3) – (100 × 100 – 3)


= 100 × 100 - 100 × 3 – 100 × 100 + 3


= - 300 + 3 (cancellation property)


= - 297


(ii) (20 – (2011 – 201) + (2011– (201 – 20))


= 20 - 2011 + 201 + 2011 – 201 + 20


= 40 (cancellation property)



Question 4.

Suppose m is an integer such m ≠ –1 and m ≠ –2. Which is larger or ? State your reasons.


Answer:

Given m is an integer and m ≠ -1 and -2


Let m = 1


Then


Comparing


(taking the LCM)


Hence


If m < -2


Then let m = -3





And


Here also


If m > -1


Let m = 4



And


Comparing


Taking LCM



For every integer this will hold true that



Question 5.

Define an operation * on the set of all rational numbers □ as follows:

r*s = r + s –(r × s),

for any two rational numbers r, s. Answer the following with justification:

(i) Is ℚ closed under the operation *?

(ii) Is * an associative operation of ℚ ?

(iii) Is * a commutative operation of ℚ?

(iv) What is a * 1 for any a in ℚ?

(v) Find two integers a ≠ 0 and b ≠ 0 such that a * b = 0.


Answer:

For the operation r*s = r + s –(r × s)
(i)
Let r = 1/2 and s = 1/4
Now ,




Which is also a rational number.
Hence Q is closed under the operation * .


(ii) Let three rational number be o,p,q
For the operation r*s = r + s –(r × s)
(o*p)*q = [ o + p -( o × p)]*q
= [o + p - op]*q
= [(o + p - op) + q - (( o + p - op) × q)]
= [ o + p - op + q - oq - pq +opq ] ..... (1)
Now,
o*(p*q) = o* [ p + q - (p × q ) ]
= o* [ p + q - pq ]
= [( o + (p + q - pq) - (o ×(p + q - pq))]
= [ o + p + q - pq - op - oq + opq] ..... (2)
From 1 and 2
(o*p)*q = o*(p*q)
Hence * is an associative operation.


(iii) Let two rational number be p,q.
For the operation r*s = r + s –(r × s)
p*q = p + q - ( p × q )
= p + q - pq
Now,
q*p = q + p - ( q × p )
= q + p - qp
Hence * is a commutative operation.


(iv) For the operation r*s = r + s –(r × s)
a * 1 = a + 1 - ( a × 1)
= a + 1 - a
= 1
For any a in Q a * 1 is 1.


(v) The value of two integers would be a = 2 and b = 2


For the operation r*s = r + s –(r × s)


a * b = 0

a + b - ( a × b ) = 0
a + b - ab = 0
a + b ( 1 - a) = 0
b ( 1- a) = -a
b = - a/(1 - a)
Hence the value is a , - a/(1 - a).

Question 6.

Find the multiplicative inverses of the following rational numbers.



Answer:

The multiplicative inverse of number is given by the reciprocal of the integer, hence the multiplicative inverse of the given numbers are :-







Question 7.

Write the following in increasing order:



Answer:

For arranging rational numbers in increasing or decreasing order, always make sure that the denominator is same.


For given numbers, make the denominator same by taking L.C.M of denominators.


Denominators are – 13, 26, 6, 43, 28, 11


Let us write down the prime factors of numbers


13 = 13 × 1


26 = 13 × 2


6 = 2 × 3


43 = 43 × 1


28 = 2 × 2 × 7


11 = 11 × 1


L.C.M of the given numbers will be = 13 × 2 × 3 × 2 × 11 × 43 × 7


= 516516


Now lets make the denominators equal by multiplying and dividing by terms.



And Similarly all our numbers will become as



Now arranging in increasing order we get,



Hence we have the order as




Question 8.

Write the following in decreasing order:



Answer:

Now for arranging rational numbers in increasing or decreasing order make the denominator of numbers equal. But as we can see from the numbers that would make the whole process very long.


We can divide the numbers and can calculate the approximate values.


21/17 = 1.235


31/27 = 1.148


13/11 = 1.18


41/37 = 1.10


51/47 = 1.08


9/8 = 1.125


Now we can easily arrange the numbers as follows


21/17 > 13/11 > 31/27 > 9/8 > 41/37 > 51/47



Question 9.

(a) What is the additive inverse of 0?

(b) What is the multiplicative inverse of 1?

(c) Which integers have multiplicative inverses?


Answer:

(a) The additive inverse of 0 is 0 itself because 0 is neither positive nor negative number.


(b) The multiplicative inverse of 1 is 1 as 1 can be written as 1/1 which itself the reciprocal of the 1.


(c ) (1, -1) is a pair of integers having multiplicative inverse.



Question 10.

In the set of all rational numbers, give 2 examples each illustrating the following properties:

(i) associativity

(ii) commutativity

(iii) distributivity of multiplication over addition.


Answer:

(i) In the set of all rational numbers associativity in addition holds true


e.g.; A) let


Now a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c


LHS




RHS




LHS = RHS hence associativity holds true over addition in rational numbers


(ii) let us check for subtraction a –( b - c) = (a- b) - c


RHS




LHS


Hence associativity doesn’t hold true with subtraction in rational numbers


(ii) For two rational number addition and multiplication are commutative and subtraction and division are not commutative


e.g


And



But are not same hence commutate property is not true with division and subtraction


(iii) E.g


LHS =


RHS =


LHS = RHS


e.g


RHS





LHS




LHS = RHS


Hence the distributivity of multiplication over addition holds true for rational numbers



Question 11.

Simplify the following using distributive property:

(i)

(ii)

(iii)


Answer:

(i)


=


=



(ii)


=




(iii)


=


=




Question 12.

Simplify the following:

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)


Answer:

(i)


=




(ii)


=




(iii)


=


=



(iv)


=


=


=



Question 13.

Which is the property that is there in the set of all rationals but not in the set of all integers?


Answer:

Every non zero rational number is invertible, but only ± 1 are invertible integers.



Question 14.

What is the value of



Answer:

The value is


=


=



=



Question 15.

Find the value of



Answer:







Question 16.

Find all rational numbers each of which is equal to its reciprocal.


Answer:

The only rational number which is equal to its reciprocal is ± 1



Question 17.

A bus shuttles between two neigbouring towns every two hours. It starts from 8 AM in the morning and the last trip is at 6 PM. On one day the driver observed that the first trip had 30 passengers and each subsequent trip had one passenger less than the previous trip. How many passengers travelled on that day?


Answer:

The number of trips made by the driver on particular day are 5 ( 8-10, 10-12, 12-2, 2-4, 4-6)


Number of passenger keeps on decreasing with each trip so total passengers carried on that day


= 30 + 29 + 28 + 27 + 26


= 140



Question 18.

How many rational numbers are there between 0 and 1 for which q < p?


Answer:

There are no rational numbers between 0 and 1, of the form as after the division the rational number obtained would always be greater than 1.



Question 19.

Find all integers such that is also an integer.


Answer:

Let n = 0


Then which is an integer


Let n = 1



Let n = -1




which is an integer


Let n = -3





which is an integer


Let n = -4





, which is an integer



Question 20.

By inserting parenthesis (that is brackets), you can get several values for 2 × 3 + 4 × 5. (For example ((2 × 3) + 5 is one way of inserting parenthesis.) How many such values are there?


Answer:

The values are


(2 × 3) + 4 = 6 + 4 = 10


3 + ( 4 × 5) = 3 + 20 = 23


2 + (4 × 5) = 2 + 20 = 22


(2 × 3 + 4) × 5 = (6 + 4 ) × 5


= 10 × 5 = 50



Question 21.

Suppose is a positive rational in its lowest form. Prove that is also in its lowest form.


Answer:

Now,


=


=


Now note that a common factor of p + 2q and q is also a factor of (p + 2q)−2⋅q = p, therefore must be 1.


Also a common factor of p + 2q and p + q is a factor of both (p + 2q) − ( p + q) = q and 2⋅(p + q) − ( p + 2q) = p hence must be 1.


Hence it is in its lowest form.



Question 22.

Show that for each natural number n, the fraction is in its lowest form.


Answer:

Let n = 1


Then which is in its lowest form.


Let n = 3




which is again in its lowest form


Hence for every value of n natural number, is in its lowest form.



Question 23.

Find all integers n for which the number (n + 3)(n – 1) is also an integer.


Answer:

Let n = 0


= (0 + 3)(0-1)


= (3)(-1)


= -3 which is also an integer


Let n = -1


= (-1 + 3)(-1-1)


= (2)(-2)


= -4 which is also an integer


Let n = 1


= (1 + 3)(1-1)


= (4)(0)


= 0, which is also an integer


Therefore, for any integer value of n the equation will result an integer.