Given that the square root of 2 is irrational, prove that 1 plus the square root of two is irrational. The following are the methods of proofs we know: Direct proof Contrapositive Contradiction Induction Example/Counterexample

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Statements and Logic

Logic is the analysis of general patterns of thoughts without regard to any specific sense of context.