The Checkers Club is having a tournament. The club plans to give out 3 awards (1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place). The club plans to cut a 40 inch piece of ribbon into equal size pieces to make the awards. How long should each piece of ribbon be?

Which of the following statements is true? a. the irrational number system is not closed under multiplication, because the product of two irrational numbers is always a rational number. b. the irrational number system is not closed under multiplication, because the product of two irrational numbers is not always an irrational number. c. the irrational number system is closed under multiplication, because the product of two irrational numbers is always an irrational number. d. the irrational number system is closed under multiplication, because the product of two irrational numbers is always a rational numbers. reset submit