Malanna says that when she multiplies two rational numbers, her product will be irrational. Jolene says that the product in this case will be rational. Who is correct?(1 point)

Question

Responses

Jolene
Jolene

Neither of them, it depends on the number.
Neither of them, it depends on the number.

Both options are possible depending on the numbers.
Both options are possible depending on the numbers.

Malanna

Answer 1

Jolene is correct. When you multiply two rational numbers, the product will always be rational. A rational number is defined as any number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction of two integers (where the denominator is not zero). Since the product of two fractions is also a fraction (which is rational), the result will be rational.

So, the response is:

Jolene.