Mr. Williams drew the following image on the board and asked his students to write a sequence of steps explaining how to construct a line which passes through point C and is perpendicular to line AB. The work of two students, Elias and Greyson, is shown.

Which of the following statements is true? a. the irrational number system is not closed under multiplication, because the product of two irrational numbers is always a rational number. b. the irrational number system is not closed under multiplication, because the product of two irrational numbers is not always an irrational number. c. the irrational number system is closed under multiplication, because the product of two irrational numbers is always an irrational number. d. the irrational number system is closed under multiplication, because the product of two irrational numbers is always a rational numbers. reset submit