Halee set up a lemonade and cookie stand at the end of her street. She is selling lemonade for $0.25 per cup and cookies for $0.25 each. She sells 15 cookies and 35 cups of lemonade. Her total sales can be represented by the expression shown.

0.25(35) + 0.25(15)

Use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression.

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Halee set up a lemonade and cookie stand at the end of her street. She is selling lemonade for $0.25 per cup and cookies for $0.25 each. She sells 15 cookies and 35 cups of lemonade. Her total sales can be represented by the expression shown.

0.25(35) + 0.25(15)

Use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression.

anonymous · Answer

All you have to do is multiply both sides of the addition sign, and then add the products together. Do you understand how to do that?

anonymous · Answer

so 12.5?

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

but how do you get the equivalent equation?