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\n" ); document.write( "\" Deanne bought 6 tee shirts at $8.95 each. She figured out her total purchase using a shortcut: (6)($9) - (6)($.05) = $53.70. Her shortcut is an illustration of which property? Explain.\"
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\" Deanne bought 6 tee shirts at $8.95 each. She figured out her total purchase using a shortcut: (6)($9) - (6)($.05) = $53.70. Her shortcut is an illustration of which property? Explain.\"
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\n" ); document.write( "The idea is that it is easier deal in whole numbers. That is $8.95 is very close to $9. Take advantage of this in math.
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\n" ); document.write( "Therefore, if you had to multiply:
\n" ); document.write( "6 * (8.95)
\n" ); document.write( "It is easier to represent the number in parenthesis as:
\n" ); document.write( "6 * (8.95)=6 * (9 - .05)
\n" ); document.write( "Then using the \"distributive property\" we have:
\n" ); document.write( "6 * (8.95)=6 * (9 - .05)= 6(9) - 6(.05)
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\n" ); document.write( "Now, we've reduced a complicated multiplication to an easy one:
\n" ); document.write( "6(9) - 6(.05)
\n" ); document.write( "= 54 - .30
\n" ); document.write( "= $53.70
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