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Prove the irrationality of the following numbers:

a) \(\sqrt{3}{17}\)

b) \(\sqrt{2} + \sqrt{3}\)

c) \(\sqrt{2} + \sqrt{3} + \sqrt{5}\)

d) \(\sqrt{3}{3} - \sqrt{2}\)

e) \(\cos 10^{\circ}\)

f) \(\tan 10^{\circ}\)

g) \(\sin 1^{\circ}\)

h) \(\log_{2}3\)

Find the largest and smallest values of the functions

a) \(f_1 (x) = a \cos x + b \sin x\); b) \(f_2 (x) = a \cos^2x + b \cos x \sin x + c \sin^2x\).

Solve the system of equations: \[\begin{aligned} \sin y - \sin x &= x-y; &&\text{and}\\ \sin y - \sin z &= z-y; && \text{and}\\ x-y+z &= \pi. \end{aligned}\]

The numbers \(a\) and \(b\) are such that the first equation of the system \[\begin{aligned} \sin x + a & = bx \\ \cos x &= b \end{aligned}\] has exactly two solutions. Prove that the system has at least one solution.

The numbers \(a\) and \(b\) are such that the first equation of the system \[\begin{aligned} \cos x &= ax + b \\ \sin x + a &= 0 \end{aligned}\] has exactly two solutions. Prove that the system has at least one solution.

Prove that if you rotate through an angle of \(\alpha\) with the center at the origin, the point with the coordinates \((x, y)\), it goes to the point \((x \cos \alpha - y \sin \alpha, x \sin \alpha + y \cos \alpha)\).

Prove that for \(x \ne \pi n\) (\(n\) is an integer) \(\sin x\) and \(\cos x\) are rational if and only if the number \(\tan x/2\) is rational.

Prove the formulae: \(\arcsin (- x) = - \arcsin x\), \(\arccos (- x) = \pi - \arccos x\).