Prove that
Let us assume, to the contrary,
that is rational.
So that we can find integers a and b (b ≠ 0).
Such that
, where a and b are coprime.
Rearranging the above equation, we get
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Since a and b are integers, we get
is rational and so
is rational
So, we conclude that
is irrational.
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