Question

Indicate which property is illustrated in Step 6.

Step 1 8 - 8x - 8 + 9x = (8 - 8x) + (-8 + 9x)
Step 2 = (8 - 8x) + (9x - 8)
Step 3 = 8 + (-8x + 9x) - 8
Step 4 = 8 + (-8 + 9)x - 8
Step 5 = 8 + x - 8
Step 6 = x + 8 - 8
Step 7 = x + 0
Step 8 = x

commutative
distributive
associative
identity

Answer 1

@jigglypuff314

Answer 2

numbers were just switched around without any use of any parenthesis
so commutative

Answer 3

Identity

Answer 4

identity is for going from step 6 to step 7
commutative is for going from step 5 to step 6

Answer 5

thank you @jigglypuff314