Can someone please help me with what to do for this question

Me asap on # : explain how factoring a trinomial, ax^2+ bx+ c, when a does not equal 1 different from factoring a trinomial when a = 1.

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?

Starting at home, emily traveled uphill to the hardware store for 606060 minutes at just 666 mph. she then traveled back home along the same path downhill at a speed of 121212 mph. what is her average speed for the entire trip from home to the hardware store and back?