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How can a rational number and irrational number when multiplied together make a irrational number ?

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"The product of a rational number and an irrational number is SOMETIMES irrational." If you multiply any irrational number by the rational number zero, the result will be zero, which is rational. Any other situation, however, of a rational times an irrational will be irrational

A better statement would be:

"The product of a non-zero rational number and an irrational number is irrational

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