Question

A gallon of paint cost $14.98, Pete buys 6 gallon of paint. Show how to use the distributive property to calculate the total cost of the paint. There is no tax.

Answer 1

$14.98=$15-$0.02

So we can use 6(15-0.02) to calculate the cost=6×15-6×0.02=90-0.12=$89.88.