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

Malanna
Malanna

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

Neither of them, it depends on the number.

Answer 1

Jolene is correct.

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

Therefore, the correct response is:

Jolene.