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Which property could be used to find the missing number?

(–8 + 3.1) • (4.2 + 7) = (4.2 + 7) • (–8 + )

A.
commutative property

B.
associative property

C.
distributive property

I think B

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Which property could be used to find the missing number?
 
(–8 + 3.1) • (4.2 + 7) = (4.2 + 7) • (–8 +   )
 
 A.
commutative property
 
 B.
associative property
 
 C.
distributive property

I think B

k12awesomeness · Answer

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dmezzullo · Answer

It's C, because the Commutative property is the condition that a group of quantities connected by operators gives the same result whatever the order of the quantities involved, e.g., a × b = b × a.

dmezzullo · Answer

I typed the wrong thing sorry. It's A.

k12awesomeness · Answer

thx!