Well he buys two books at a bookstore. he spent $44.52 after 6% sales tax is applied, but the clerk does not provide him with the receipt. he knows that book a cost $17.50 before sales tax , but he is not sure how much book b costs. a. use an arithmetic solution to find the cost of book b. b. determine how much the cost of book b can be represented in an equation. write an equation using the distributive property that represents this situation. c. use the equation from part b to find the cost of book b. show your work. d. explain how finding the cost of book b using the arithmetic solution compares to finding the cost of book b using the algebraic solution.