5 \displaystyle \sqrt{5} 5 의 정수부분이 2 2 2 이므로
5 = 2 + α \displaystyle \sqrt{5} = 2 + \alpha 5 = 2 + α , α = 5 − 2 \displaystyle \alpha = \sqrt{5} - 2 α = 5 − 2
한편, 4 α − 1 4 \alpha - 1 4 α − 1 과 5 α − 1 5 \alpha - 1 5 α − 1 의 부호를 조사하면
4 α − 1 = 4 ( 5 − 2 ) − 1 = 4 5 − 9 = 80 − 81 < 0 \displaystyle 4 \alpha - 1 = 4 ( \sqrt{5} - 2 ) - 1 = 4 \sqrt{5} - 9 = \sqrt{80} - \sqrt{81} < 0 4 α − 1 = 4 ( 5 − 2 ) − 1 = 4 5 − 9 = 80 − 81 < 0
5 α − 1 = 5 ( 5 − 2 ) − 1 = 5 5 − 11 = 125 − 121 > 0 \displaystyle 5 \alpha - 1 = 5 ( \sqrt{5} - 2 ) - 1 = 5 \sqrt{5} - 11 = \sqrt{125} - \sqrt{121} > 0 5 α − 1 = 5 ( 5 − 2 ) − 1 = 5 5 − 11 = 125 − 121 > 0
그러므로
α − 1 4 < 0 \displaystyle \alpha - \frac{1}{4} < 0 α − 4 1 < 0 , α − 1 5 > 0 \displaystyle \alpha - \frac{1}{5} > 0 α − 5 1 > 0
따라서, 주어진 식은
( α − 1 4 ) 2 + ( α − 1 5 ) 2 = − ( α − 1 4 ) + ( α − 1 5 ) = 1 20 \displaystyle \sqrt{\left( \alpha - \frac{1}{4} \right) ^{2}} + \sqrt{\left( \alpha - \frac{1}{5} \right) ^{2}} = - \left( \alpha - \frac{1}{4} \right) + \left( \alpha - \frac{1}{5} \right) = \frac{1}{20} ( α − 4 1 ) 2 + ( α − 5 1 ) 2 = − ( α − 4 1 ) + ( α − 5 1 ) = 20 1