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A family of two adults and three children went to a water park. Admission to the water park costs $18 per person. Nora used the expression 2 (18) + 3 (18) to model the total cost for the family, and Alex used the expression 5 (18). Which property of operations makes both of their expressions correct?

User Dsdenes
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Answer:

its the distributive property

Explanation:

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User Ingo
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Answer:

The distributive property

Explanation:

Nora essentially distributing the parts of the problem.

Please tell me if I'm wrong and I'll fix my answer.