# I'm very stuck! I go to Connections Academy, and I'm on "Versatile Distributive Property Portfolio, Unit 5, Lesson 11. Please help! Here is the question: You are purchasing four items and want to calculate the tax. The items

cost \$2.50, \$8.75, \$3.00, and \$10.25. The tax rate is 6%. How much is the tax?
Show the calculation for using the distributive property, and not using the distributive property. HELP!

## taxing each item is the same as adding them up and taxing the sum:

(\$2.50+\$8.75+\$3.00+\$10.25)*.06

## w/ disrtibutive property

6%(\$2.50+\$8.75+\$3.00+\$10.25)=
6%x\$2.50+6%x\$8.75+6%x\$3.00+6%x\$10.25=
\$0.15+\$0.525+\$0.18+\$0.615=
\$1.47
w/o distributive property
6%(\$2.50+\$8.75+\$3.00+\$10.25)=
6%(\$24.01)=
\$1.47
(just did this bro)
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