Why is only the $\frac{p}{q}$ form represent rational numbers? Why it cannot be$\frac{a}{b}$or any other variables ?

      We can represent rational numbers as $\frac{a}{b}$ also. The only condition is b should not be equal to 0. It is just a convention to represent rational numbers as $\frac{p}{q}$

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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