Does there exist a pair of consecutive positive integers such that is rational ?
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m m + 1 or m + 1 m The point to note is g cd ( m , m + 1 ) = 1 . Therefore, they would always be coprime. Even if any one number is a square, other won't be and hence it wouldn't be square free and hence would not follow the definition of a rational number. Example- 5 4 = 5 2 = rational number