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Select two different rational numbers and then determine whether
\the subtraction is a rational number.
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Since the subtraction of each pair of rational numbers is rational numbers, the set of rational numbers is closed under subtraction. ![\"\"](\"/userfiles/image/steps_images/solution.JPG\")
The set of rational numbers is closed under subtraction.