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Tony read 22 pages in the morning and 28 in the afternoon for 5 days. lois read 47 pages each day for 5. explain how to use the distributive property to find out how many pages each of them read

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since it is 5 days, u would multiply 5 times the number of pgs read each day
Tony : 5(22 + 28) = 5(50) = 250 pgs in 5 days
Lois : 5(47) = 235 pgs read
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