Class 10 Maths · Proofs in Mathematics · NCERT Exercise A1.6 · Question 2
Let be a rational number and be an irrational number. Use proof by contradiction to show that is an irrational number.
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is irrational. If it were rational, then would be a difference of two rational numbers and hence rational, contradicting that is irrational.
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