Friday, 11 September 2015

algebra precalculus - sqrt6sqrt2sqrt3 is irrational





Prove that 623 is irrational




My attempt:-
Suppose 623 is rational, then for some xQ we have 623=x


Rewriting this equation as 6x=2+3

and now squaring this we get 62x6+x2=5+26
. This implies that 6=x212+2x
but this is absurd as RHS of the above equation is rational but we know that 6 is irrational. Therefore , 623 is irrational. Does this look good? Have I written it properly? Is there any other proof besides this..like one using geometry? Thank you.


Answer




623 is a root of x422x248x23.



By the rational root theorem, 623 is either irrational or an integer.



But
1.4<2<1.51.7<3<1.82.4<6<2.5


imply
0.9<623<0.6

and so 623 is not an integer. Therefore, it is irrational.


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