Multiple Choice

A payroll specialist is calculating a standard 5 percent bonus for two different departments. The total bonus can be represented by the expression 0.05(S + M), where S is the total salary of the Sales department and M is the total salary of the Marketing department. Which mathematical property justifies rewriting this expression as 0.05S + 0.05M?

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