Andrew drives through 5 intersections with stoplights on his way to work. He records that he is stopped by a red light in 2 of the 5 intersections. If he uses
this as his general probability of getting stopped at a red light on his way to or
from work, how many times can he expect to be stopped at a red light over the
next 40 times he drives through an intersection on his route?
Andrew should expect to be stopped
times.

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?