SOLUTION: Using the numbers 5,8, and 24, create a problem using no more than four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square, square root, cube, cube root) where the

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Question 1127094: Using the numbers 5,8, and 24, create a problem using no more than four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square, square root, cube, cube root) where the solution will be an irrational number. Explain why the result of your operations is an irrational number.
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        - Proving irrationality of some real numbers 

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