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Saturday, 1 October 2016

Square Root Of 2 Is Irrational

Square Root Of 2 Is Irrational

Let 2=pq where p and q are two positive integers such that pq have no common factors.
(pq)2=2p2=2q2 This means that p2 is an even number and so p is an even number and can be written as 2r. 4r2=2q2q2=2r2 By the same argument as above this means q can be written as 2s but then pq would have the common factor of 2, and so contradicting initial statement.

Therefore 2 must be an irrational number.

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