IntegerDivisionToRational
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Misconception:

An expression like 1/2 will evaluate to 0.5.

Incorrect

Dividing two integers can produce a rational number

Correct

Correction
Here is what's right.

No. The / in 1/2 is a division operator on two int values. This performs an integer division. The result is 0 (the floor of 1/2). The same applies to 9/10: it also is rounded down to 0.

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