SOLUTION: Prove that 7+3root2 is not a rational number.

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Question 1043011: Prove that 7+3root2 is not a rational number.
Answer by ikleyn(52805) About Me  (Show Source):
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Prove that 7+3root2 is not a rational number.
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Let assume that 7%2B3sqrt%282%29 is a rational number.   (1)

Then  7%2B3sqrt%282%29 = m%2Fn, where m and n are integer numbers.

Then sqrt%282%29 = %281%2F3%29%2A%28m%2Fn-7%29 = %28m-7n%29%2F%283n%29 is the rational number.

But {{sqrt(2)}} is an irrational number  (well known fact.
                                          For the proof see the lesson Proving irrationality of some real numbers in this site). 

Contradiction.

You got the contradiction.

Hence, the original assumption (1) is wrong.

It implies that  7%2B3sqrt%282%29  is an irrational number.

The proof is completed.

Solved.