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Write a class called RationalNumber that represents a fraction with an integer numerator a...

Write a class called RationalNumber that represents a fraction with an integer numerator and denominator. A RationalNumber object should have the following methods:

public RationalNumber (int numerator, int denominator)

Constructs a new rational number to represent the ratio (numerator/denominator). The denominator cannot be 0, so throw an IllegalArgumentException if 0 is passed.

public RationalNumber ( )

Constructs a new rational number to represent the ratio (0/1).

public int getDenominator ( )

Returns this rational number’s denominator value; for example, if the ratio is (3/5), returns 5.

public int getNumerator ( )

Returns this rational number’s numerator value; for example, if the ratio is (3/5), returns 3.

public String toString ( )

Returns a String representation of this rational number, such as "3/5". You may wish to omit denominators of 1, returning "4" instead of "4/1".

An extra challenge would be to maintain your RationalNumber objects in reduced form, avoiding rational numbers such as 3/6 in favor of 1/2, or avoiding 2/−3 in favor of −2/3. Another possible extra feature would be methods to add, subtract, multiply, and divide two rational numbers.

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