Question

What type of property is this?
(9*-4) * 7 = 7 * (9*-4)

Answer 1

its equal to itself

Answer 2

Have a paper that says commutative, associate, identity, inverse, and distributive.

Answer 3

i think identity then

Answer 4

Notice that inside the parentheses, the 9 * (-4) remained the same.

Think of 9 * (-4) as y.

What property does
y * 7 = 7 * y show?

Answer 5

because if its equal to itself then its identical

Answer 6

well if u divide both sides by 7 then u have y = y

Answer 7

Commutative multiplication?

Answer 8

All that changed was the order of the multiplication.

Commutative: you can change order
Associative: you can change grouping
Identity: a * 1 = a (it's a property of 1 in multiplication).
Inverse: a * 1/a = 1 (reciprocals)
Distributive: a(b + c) = ab + ac

Answer 9

Correct. To me it looks like the commutative property of multiplication.

Answer 10

Thank you. That's what I had. Just wanted to double check.

Answer 11

You're welcome.