Any rational number \(x\in\mathbb Q\) is by the corresponding proposition an equivalence class. \[x:=\frac ab,\] where \(a\) and \(b\neq 0\) denote integers representing the equivalence class \(x\). Given two rational numbers \(x:=\frac ab\), \(y:=\frac cd\), \(a,c\in \mathbb Z\), \(b,d\in \mathbb Z\setminus\{0\}\), the addition of rational numbers is defined using the multiplication of the integers \(a\cdot d\), \(b\cdot d\), and \(c\cdot b\) and the addition of the integers \(a\cdot d+c\cdot b\):
\[\begin{array}{rcl} x+y&:=&\frac {a\cdot d + c\cdot b}{b\cdot d}, \end{array}\]
where \(\frac {ad + cb}{bd}\) is also a rational number, called the sum of the rational numbers \(x\) and \(y\). The sum exists and is well-defined, i.e. it does not depend on the specific representatives \(\frac ab\) and \(\frac cd\) of \(x\) and \(y\).
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