Indicate which property is illustrated in Step 4.

Step 1 11 - 10x - 11 + 11x = (11 - 10x) + (-11 + 11x)
Step 2 = (11 - 10x) + (11x - 11)
Step 3 = 11 + (-10x + 11x) - 11
Step 4 = 11 + (-10 + 11)x - 11
Step 5 = 11 + x - 11
Step 6 = x + 11 - 11
Step 7 = x + 0
Step 8 = x

distributive
associative
commutative
identity

Question

Indicate which property is illustrated in Step 4.

Step 1	11 - 10x - 11 + 11x	=	(11 - 10x) + (-11 + 11x)
Step 2		=	(11 - 10x) + (11x - 11)
Step 3		=	11 + (-10x + 11x) - 11
Step 4		=	11 + (-10 + 11)x - 11
Step 5		=	11 + x - 11
Step 6		=	x + 11 - 11
Step 7		=	x + 0
Step 8		=	x

    distributive
    associative
    commutative
    identity

anonymous · Answer

so woud this be commutative

jigglypuff314 · Answer

no, nothing is being flipped
an x is being taken out

anonymous · Answer

identity

anonymous · Answer

wait distributive

jigglypuff314 · Answer

yes, distributive is correct :)

anonymous · Answer

pulling out the x from the two terms is the distributive property.