Show that is an irrational number.
Let is rational
i.e., it can be expressed as whereas ‘a’ and ‘b’ both are integers and b ≠ 0.
Thus,
Now is rational and w'e know that 2 is also rational.
is also rational
[∵ Difference, sum and product aftwo rational numbers are always rational]
Comparing it with result (i), we get is rational, which is not true as is an irrational number.
∴ Our assumption that is rational is not correct.
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