Given that root 2 is irrstional.prove that 5+3roo2 is irrational number
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Here you can read a step-by-step proof with simple explanations for the fact that the square root of 2 is an irrational number. It is the most common proof for this fact and is by contradiction.
How do we know that square root of 2 is an irrational number? In other words, how do we know that √2 doesn't have a pattern in its decimal sequence? Maybe the pattern is very well hidden and is really long, billions of digits?
Here is where mathematical proof comes in. The proof that √2 is indeed irrational is usually found in college level math texts, but it isn't that difficult to follow. It does not rely on computers at all, but instead is a "proof by contradiction": if √2 WERE a rational number, we'd get a contradiction. I encourage all high school students to study this proof since it illustrates so well a typical proof in mathematics and is not hard to follow.
How do we know that square root of 2 is an irrational number? In other words, how do we know that √2 doesn't have a pattern in its decimal sequence? Maybe the pattern is very well hidden and is really long, billions of digits?
Here is where mathematical proof comes in. The proof that √2 is indeed irrational is usually found in college level math texts, but it isn't that difficult to follow. It does not rely on computers at all, but instead is a "proof by contradiction": if √2 WERE a rational number, we'd get a contradiction. I encourage all high school students to study this proof since it illustrates so well a typical proof in mathematics and is not hard to follow.
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