HELP for 30 points. math

[10 points, algebra 2]according to my answer key the restrictions are -1 and 4. but why not positive 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?

Atrain leaves little? rock, arkansas, and travels north at 90 kilometers per hour. another train leaves at the same time and travels south at 80 kilometers per hour. how long will it take before they are 680 kilometers? apart?