Question

Identify which property of equality is used to transform Equation 1 to Equation 2.

Equation 1: 5 + x = 9
Equation 2: x = 4

A.
addition property of equality

B.
subtraction property of equality

C.
multiplication property of equality

D.
division property of equality

Answer 1

5 + x = 9
5 is added to x
to get x you undo what was done to it
so the opposite of adding is?

Answer 2

subtracting

Answer 3

:)

Answer 4

Mhm, so its the subtraction property of equality.

Answer 5

thnx!!!!!! :D