This is my third time asking pls help

Use the distributive law to multiply. 3(4x + 5y + 6)

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?

Aubrey read 29 books and eli read 52 books what number is equal to the number of books aubrey read?