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Q.Prove that the following are irrationals?

$\left( 1 \right)$ ${}^{1}/{}_{\sqrt{2}}$

$(2)7\sqrt{5}$

$(3)6+\sqrt{2}$

$\left( 1 \right)$ Let us assume, ${}^{1}/{}_{\sqrt{2}}$ is rational.

Then, we can find co-prime x and y$(y\ne 0)$ such that ${}^{1}/{}_{\sqrt{2}}={}^{x}/{}_{y}$

Rearranging,we get,

$\sqrt{2}=\frac{y}{x}$

Since,x and y are integers ,Thus $\sqrt{2}$ is a rational number,

 which contradicts the fact that $\sqrt{2}$  is irrational.

Hence, we can conclude that ${}^{1}/{}_{\sqrt{2}}$  is irrational number.

$\left( 2 \right)$ Let us assume $7\sqrt{5}$  is a rational number.

Then we can find co-prime a and b $\left( b\ne 0 \right)$  such that $7\sqrt{5}={}^{x}/{}_{y}$

Rearranging, we get,

$\sqrt{5}=\frac{x}{y}$ Since, x and y are integers, thus,  $\sqrt{5}$ is a rational number, which contradicts the fact that $\sqrt{5}$  is irrational.

Hence, we can conclude that $7\sqrt{5}$  is irrational number

(3)$6+\sqrt{2}$

Let us assume $6+\sqrt{2}$  is a rational number.

Then we can find co-primes x and y ($y\ne 0$ ) such that $6+\sqrt{2}={}^{x}/{}_{y}$

Rearranging, we get,

$\sqrt{2}={}^{x}/{}_{y}-6$

Since, x and y are integers, thus ${}^{x}/{}_{y}-6$  is a rational number and therefore, $\sqrt{2}$ is rational. This contradicts the fact that $\sqrt{2}$ is an irrational number.

Hence, we can conclude that $6+\sqrt{2}$  is irrational number.