What are the side lengths of a rectangle that has 8 square units and a perimeter of 12 units

Josephine has a great garden with and area of 2x2 + x - 6 square feet

What is the answer to this question? i'm a bit stumped. also how do i do it? 5(x - 4) = 2(x + 5)

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?