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Sunday, February 7, 2021

2021/007) Three real numbers are given, Fractional part of product of every 2 of them is \frac{1}{2}. Prove that these numbers are irrational.

 Let the three numbers be a,b,c as product of every 2 numbers has fractional part \frac{1}{2} so each of the product is an integer plus \frac{1}{2} 


So there exists integers p,q r such that ab = \frac{2p+1}{2}\cdots(1)


 bc = \frac{2q+1}{2}\cdots(2) 


 ca = \frac{2r+1}{2}\cdots(3) 


 multiplying all 3 we get (abc)^2 = \frac{(2p+1)(2q+1)(2r+1)}{8} 


 or (abc) = \frac{\sqrt{(2p+1)(2q+1)(2r+1)}}{2\sqrt{2}} 


 Now numerator is square root of odd number and denominator is product of 2 and\sqrt{2} so the number is irrational and as product of all 3 is irrational and product of 2 number is rational so 3rd number is irrational.


 this is true for each pair and hence all 3 numbers are irrational. Hence proved

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