9TH CLASS

1. REAL NUMBERS [LECTURE – 3]

Period:
In a non  terminating repeating decimal the recurring part is called period.
Periodicity:
The number of digits in the recurring part is called periodicity.
Eg: i) 0.333……...= 0.3
Here period = 3
Periodicity = 1
Eg : ii) 0.454545…= 0.45
Here period = 45
Periodicity = 2

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Example – 1: Represent 3 and 3 on the number line.
Sol. Draw an integer line representing –2, –1, 0, 1, 2

Step-1: Draw a number line.

Step-2: Divide each unit into 3 equal parts.
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Step-3: Take 5, equal parts from ‘0’ on its right side and mark it as 3
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(similarly) left side 3 .
Example – 2 : Are the following statements True ? Give reasons for your answers
with an example.
(i) Every rational number is an integer.
(ii) Every integer is a rational number.
(iii) Zero is a rational number.
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Sol. (i) False : For example, 8 is a rational number but not an integer.
p
(q  0)
(ii) True : Because any integer can be expressed in the form q .

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Example : 1 2 . Thus it is a rational number.
b
(i.e., any integer ‘b’ can be represented as 1 ).
0 0 0 p
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(iii) True : Because ‘0’ can be expressed as 2 7 13 ( q from, where p, q
are integers and (q  0) )
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(‘0’ can be represented as x where ‘x’ is an integer and x  0 )
Example – 3 : Find two rational numbers between 3 and 4 by mean method.
Sol. Method-I : (mean method)
We know that the rational number lie between two rational numbers
ab
                a  and b is 2 .
ab
Here a = 3 and b = 4, (we know that 2 is the mean of two integers
                ‘a’, ‘b’ and it lie ‘a’ and ‘b’)
(3  4) 7
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So, 2 2
which is in between 3 and 4
7
3  4
2
7 6  7 13
3
2  2  2  13  13
2 2 2 2 2 4
13 7
3   4
         4 2

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Example – 4 : Express 16 3 and 7 in decimal form.
Sol.

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