Question

You want to buy three books that are on sale at 20% off. The original prices of the books are $2.50, $4.95, and $6.00. How much will you save?
I was hoping someone could help me do this in the distributive property. I'm a bit confused about how to do it with the distributive property however I know how to do it without.

Answer 1

Answer:

$2.69

Step-by-step explanation:

The original prices of the books are $2.50, $4.95, and $6.00.

You want to buy three books that are on sale at 20% off (or 0.2 as decimal).

In total, you'll save:

$0.2\cdot \ 2.50+0.2\cdot \ 4.95+0.2\cdot \ 6$

Uce distributive property:

$0.2\cdot \ 2.50+0.2\cdot \ 4.95+0.2\cdot \ 6\\ \\=0.2\cdot (\ 2.50+\ 4.95+\ 6.00)\\ \\=0.2\cdot \ 13.45\\ \\=\ 2.69$