When We Combine the Even Numbers and the Odd Numbers

question 32

Multiple Choice

When we combine the even numbers and the odd numbers, we get which set of real numbers?

• A) natural numbers
• B) integers
• C) negative real numbers
• D) rational numbers
• E) irrational numbers

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