Verify commutativity of addition of rational numbers pairs of rational numbers 4 and \( \dfrac{-3}{5}\)

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Solution :-

By using the commutativity law, the addition of rational numbers is commutative.

\(\dfrac{ a}{b} + \dfrac{c}{d} = \dfrac{c}{d} + \dfrac{ a}{b} \)

In order to verify the above property let us consider the given fraction

\(\dfrac{ 4}{1} \;and\; \dfrac{-3}{5}\) as

\( \dfrac{ 4}{1} \;and\; \dfrac{-3}{5}\)and \(\dfrac{-3}{5}+ \dfrac{ 4}{1}\)

The denominators are 1 and 5

By taking LCM for 1 and 5 is 5

We rewrite the given fraction in order to get the same denominator

Now, \(\dfrac{ 4}{1} = \dfrac{(4 × 5) }{ (1×5)} =\dfrac{ 20}{5}\)

\(\dfrac{ -3}{5} =\dfrac{ (-3 ×1) }{ (5 ×1)} = \dfrac{-3}{5}\)

Since the denominators are same we can add them directly

\( \dfrac{20}{5} + \dfrac{-3}{5} = \dfrac{(20 + (-3))}{5}\)

\( = \dfrac{(20-3)}{5} = \dfrac{17}{5}\)

\(\dfrac{ -3}{5} + \dfrac{4}{1}\)

The denominators are 5 and 1

By taking LCM for 5 and 1 is 5

We rewrite the given fraction in order to get the same denominator

Now, \(\dfrac{ -3}{5} =\dfrac{ (-3 ×1) }{ (5 ×1)} = \dfrac{ -3}{5} \)

\(\dfrac{ 4}{1} =\dfrac{ (4 × 5) }{ (1×5) }= \dfrac{20}{5}\)

Since the denominators are same we can add them directly

\(\dfrac{ -3}{5} + \dfrac{20}{5} = \dfrac{(-3 + 20)}{5} = \dfrac{17}{5}\)

\( \dfrac{4}{1} +\dfrac{ -3}{5} = \dfrac{ -3}{5} + \dfrac{4}{1}\) is satisfied.

Answered by Sakshi | 1 year ago

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