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Prove that is irrational.

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Let is rational.

Therefore, we can find two integers a, b (b ≠ 0) such that

Since a and b are integers, will also be rational and therefore,is rational.

This contradicts the fact that is irrational. Hence, our assumption that is rational is false. Therefore, is irrational.


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