Jolene bought 3 plants at a greenhouse. Each plant cost $2.50. To calculate the total cost of the plants, Jolene added (3(2)) +

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Jolene bought 3 plants at a greenhouse. Each plant cost $2.50. To calculate the total cost of the plants, Jolene added (3(2)) +

(3(0.50)). What property of multiplication did she use?*
A.Distributive Property
B.Associative Property
C.Commutative Property
D.Identity Property

Mathematics

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pantera1 [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-24T20:21:47+03:00

Answer:

<h2>The answer is </h2><h2>A.Distributive Property</h2>

Step-by-step explanation:

Distributive property of multiplication has to do with the multiplication of numbers by the sum of that number

<em>say in our given example $2.05.</em>

When we decide to multiply 3 property with $2 and $0.5 which when added together will still give $2.05, we are using distributive property of multiplication.

Hence according to distributive property 3*$2.05 is the same as

3*$2 + 3*$0.5