Question

You are shopping for school clothes. You want to buy 2 shirts that cost $10.40 each. Use the distributive property to mentally calculate the total cost of the shirts.

A. $20.40
B. $20.10
C. $20.20
D. $20.80

Can u help me pliz :)

Answer 1

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Now with your problem:
Distributive property is like this:

"You want to buy 2 shirts that cost $10.40 each."