Question

Mal works at a photo gallery. He charges $50 for a large photo and $40 for a large frame. Sales tax is 5%. How much total tax will a customer pay on both?Answer the questions to show how to write and simplify expressions that represent the problem.

2. Use the distributive property to expand 0.05(50 + 40). (2 points)

Answer 1

$0.45

Explanation:

0.05(50 + 40) = 50 x 0.05 + 40 x 0.05 = 0.25 + 0.20 = 0.45

Answer 2

$4.50

Explanation:

We can use the distributive property to solve this problem. 0.05(50+40) is the total sales tax. 0.05 being the percentage and 50 and 40 being the things we need to distribute 0.05 to. This becomes 2.5+2. This is 4.5.