Cassandra had a pair of mice. the female gave birth to eight pups, for male and four female. in the next term, the five female mice each gave birth to eight pups, again four male and four female. if, in the next term, each female does the same and no mice die, how many mice, male and female, will cassandra now have?

1- is the product of two rational numbers irrational or rational? first, make a hypothesis by multiplying two rational numbers. then, use variables such as x=a/b and y=c/d and the closure property of integers to prove your hypothesis. 2- 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. 3- 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 part b?