The Product of multiplication problem is sqrt 225. What do you know about the factors

Question

they are both rational because the product is rational
It cannot be predicted based on the information given
one factor is rational, but the other is irrational
At least one factor is irrational because the product is irrational

Answer 1

The problem states that the product of multiplication is \( \sqrt{225} \).

First, we calculate \( \sqrt{225} \), which is \( 15 \) (since \( 15 \times 15 = 225 \)).

Now, since \( 15 \) is a rational number, we can conclude that both factors (in this case, \( 15 \) multiplied by \( 1 \) or any pair of numbers whose product is \( 15 \)) can be rational.

Therefore, the correct statement about the factors would be: They are both rational because the product is rational.