Fill in the blanks of the following proof by contradiction that is an irrational number. (You may use the fact that is irrational.)
Proof: Suppose not. That is, suppose that is (i). By definition of rational, , where (ii). Multiplying both sides by gives
so if we subtract from both sides we have
Dividing both sides by gives
But then would be a rational number because (v). This contradicts our knowledge that is irrational. Hence (vi).
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