if ${m/n}$ is an approximation to $\sqrt{2}$, prove $m/2n+n/m$ is always a better approximation.

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I noticed $(m/2n+n/m)^2 -2$ = $(m/2n-n/m)^2$.

So I set $(m/n)^2 - 2 = d$

and substituted value for n in the above equation but can't show that resulting equation is less than d.