Recycled newspaper sells for 5.00 1 ton The US recycled 6.6 million tons of during 1991 Use the distributive property to find how much money was made from sale recyc?

Here's how to solve this problem using the distributive property:

1. Set up the problem:

* Price per ton: $5.00

* Tons recycled: 6.6 million (which is 6,600,000)

2. Apply the distributive property:

The distributive property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac. In this case, we can think of the problem as:

* 6,600,000 tons * $5.00/ton = (6,000,000 + 600,000) tons * $5.00/ton

Now we distribute the $5.00/ton:

* (6,000,000 tons * $5.00/ton) + (600,000 tons * $5.00/ton)

3. Calculate:

* (6,000,000 * $5.00) + (600,000 * $5.00)

* $30,000,000 + $3,000,000

4. Final answer:

* $33,000,000

Therefore, approximately $33 million was made from the sale of recycled newspaper in 1991.