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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Help me with a two-column proof???

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

1) Given

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

that much u should be able to figure out :)

OpenStudy (usukidoll):

but proof writing is tricky :/

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@ganeshie8 what about the others...

OpenStudy (nikato):

3 is substitution. Ur substituting those values on the line for those letters

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanks.. 4?

OpenStudy (nikato):

4 should be commutative. Ur moving the 2x around so it can be combined with x. So u can combine like terms

OpenStudy (nikato):

5. Do u know what the opposite of addition is?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@nikato Subraction

OpenStudy (nikato):

Correct. So becuz u subtracted 3 on both sides in 5. U used subtraction property of equality

OpenStudy (nikato):

Also another name for it is converse of addition property of equality

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