Question

Reese is selling lemonade at the parade. He gets to keep 50% of the money he collects. A large lemonadeis $8.00 and a small lemonade is $2.00.The expression represents 50% of the money he collects,0.50(8/ + 2)Use the Distributive Property to expand the expression.The simplified expression is

Answer 1

Based on the given information, you have the following expression:

0.50(8l + 2s)

by using distributive property, you obtain:

0.50(8l + 2s) = 0.50(8l) + 050(2s)

= 4l + s

Hence, the simplified expression is 4l + s