SOLUTION: show that for every positive integers n sqrt (n-1)+(n+1) is irrational

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Question 971240: show that for every positive integers n sqrt (n-1)+(n+1) is irrational
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There is a typo for this is clearly false if n=5











8 is rational.  You may give the correction in the
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Edwin
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