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

Malanna
Malanna

Jolene
Jolene

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

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

Answer 1

Jolene is correct. When you multiply two rational numbers, the product will always be rational. This is because the product of two fractions (which are representations of rational numbers) is also a fraction. Therefore, Malanna's statement is incorrect.

So the correct response is: Jolene