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Properties of Real Number
Irrational Number
Rational Numbers
Question
Prove that \sqrt { 5 } +\sqrt { 3 }  is irrational.
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Solution
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Assume that 5,+3 is rational. So,

5,+3,=pq

5+3+215,=p2q2

15,=12(p2q28)

Since the RHS of the above equation is rational but 15 is an irrational number, so the assumption is wrong.

Therefore, 5,+3 is irrational.