Prove 16<1/√(1)+1/√(2)+1/√(3)+1/√(4)+...1/√(79)+1/√(80)< 17

Show that [MATH]16 < \sum_{k=1}^{80}\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{k}}< 17[/MATH].

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