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Amap of the united states has a scale of 1 inches = 300 miles. the distance on the map from boise, idaho, to phoenix, arizona, is about 2 1/2 inches. what is the actual distance from boise to phoenix?

You are cycling around europe with friends. you book into a hostel and you ask the owner what the ratio of men to women is currently staying there. there are 24 men and 6 women. what is the ratio of men to women in its simplest form?

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?