SOLUTION: if the product of root a and root b is irrational prove that thier sum is also irrational

Question 447435: if the product of root a and root b is irrational prove that thier sum is also irrational
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Given hypothesis:   is irrational.

To prove  is irrational

For the sake of contradiction, let's assume

 is rational and equal to  where

p and q are relatively prime positive integers.



Square both sides:





Solve for 





The expression on the right is rational
by the closure properties of addition and 
multiplication of rational numbers.  There is
no need to simplify it unless you just want to.

So we have reached a contradiction to the
given hypothesis.

Therefore the assumption that the sum of the
square roots of a and b is rational is false.

Therefore the sum of the two square roots is irrational.

Edwin

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