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Is it possible to write consecutive rational numbers? Please explain why or why not.

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Consecutive rational numbers are investigated.

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Usually no. Consecutive numbers are always used in terms of integers, like 0 and 1 are consecutive (differing by 1) and 7 and 9 are not consecutive because the difference between ...

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