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Determine if the following statement is true or false and explain how you know: The sum of a rational number and another rational number is always rational

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Answer: True, because 8 + 0.5 = 8.5, which is a rational number since fractions and decimals are counted as rational numbers.

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Yes. In general, the set of rational numbers is closed under addition, subtraction, and multiplication; and the set of rational numbers without zero is closed under division.

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