examine wheather the root 7.are rational or irrational
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is irrational
as it does not have a terminating or repeating decimal expansion
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Answer:
√7 is obviously irrational
Step-by-step explanation:
Let us assume that 7 is rational. Then, there exist co-prime positive integers a and b such that 7
=
b
a
⟹a=b
7
Squaring on both sides, we get
a
2
=7b
2
Therefore, a
2
is divisible by 7 and hence, a is also divisible by7
so, we can write a=7p, for some integer p.
Substituting for a, we get 49p
2
=7b
2
⟹b
2
=7p
2
.
This means, b
2
is also divisible by 7 and so, b is also divisible by 7.
Therefore, a and b have at least one common factor, i.e., 7.
But, this contradicts the fact that a and b are co-prime.
Thus, our supposition is wrong.
Hence,
7
is irrational.
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