document.write( "Question 160215: Paperback books are on sale for $3.95 each including tax. Explain how you could use the Distributive Property to mentally calculate the total cost of buying 7 paperback books. \n" ); document.write( "

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You can see that 3.95 is close to 4.00 or exactly 4.00-0.05.
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"7%2A3.95=7%284.00-0.05%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"7%2A3.95=7%2A4.00-7%2A0.05\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"7%2A3.95=28.00-0.35\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "7*$3.95=$27.65, no calculator needed thanks to the distributive property. \n" ); document.write( "

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