Q10 of 44 Page 1

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





Since a and b are integers, we get is rational and so is rational


So, we conclude that is irrational.


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