If a 100-pound block of ice is placed on an inclined plane that makes an angle of 35° with the horizontal, how much friction force will be required to keep it from sliding down the plane? Choose the equation that could be used to solve the problem if x represents the force required to keep the block from sliding down the plane.

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?