Radical of an ideal - prove every prime ideal that contains $I$ also contains $\sqrt{I}$

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Let $R$ be a commutative ring with a unit and $I$ an ideal.
Please prove that every prime ideal that contains $I$ also contains $\sqrt{I}$.

I easily conclud that $I \subseteq \sqrt I$ but I couldn't find how to go on.

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