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Kendall had $5 in her wallet and after doing her chores for the week her parents gave her $7 more. Cambrie had $7 in her wallet and earned $5 for doing her chores. How much money do each of them have and what property is this an example of

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Kendall had $12 ($5 + $7) after doing her chores and receiving money from her parents. Cambrie had $12 ($7 + $5) after doing her chores and receiving payment.

This is an example of the distributive property of addition, which means that when you add two numbers and then multiply the sum by a third number, you get the same result if you multiply each addend by the third number and then add the products together.
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