Scarlett walks along the edges of a rectangular path from A to B to C to D, a
distance of 38 metres. Jake walks along the
same rectangle, but from B to C to D to A,
a distance of only 31 metres.
What is the area, in square metres, of rectangle ABCD?
D

1- what do you think the product of a nonzero rational number and an irrational number is? is it rational or irrational? make use of variables, the closure property of integers, and possibly a proof by contradiction to prove your hypothesis.2- why do we have to specify that the rational number must be nonzero when we determine what the product of a nonzero rational number and an irrational number is? if the rational number were 0, would it give us the same result we found in the first question?