Difference of the square roots of consecutive integers is equal to the reciprocal of the sum of their square roots

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The difference of the square roots of consecutive integers is equal to the reciprocal of the sum of the square roots of the same integers, like shown below.

$$\sqrt{x+1}-\sqrt{x}= \frac{1}{\sqrt{x+1}+\sqrt{x}}$$

However, I'm interested in looking at the proof for the above but I am unable to find any online or in a book. Can anyone show me?

Thank you very much

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$\sqrt{x+1}-\sqrt{x}= \frac{(\sqrt{x+1}-\sqrt{x})(\sqrt{x+1}+\sqrt{x}) }{\sqrt{x+1}+\sqrt{x}}.$

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$$(\sqrt{x+1}-\sqrt{x})( {\sqrt{x+1}+\sqrt{x}})=(x+1)-x=1$$