Question

Which property justifies the following statement

5(7z-3y)=35x-15y

A) Distributive property

B) Reflexive property of equality

C) symmetric property of equality

D) transitive property of equality

Answer 1

any ideas?

Answer 2

for problems like this, you will need to know what each of those properties are

Answer 3

here is a quick rundown:

distributive property: tells us that A(B+C) = A*B + A*C
reflexive property: tells us that, if A = B then B = A
symmetric property: tells us that A = A
transitive property: tells us that, if A = B and B = C, then A = C

Answer 4

@amazingfraggle using the information I gave you, do you have any new ideas on what the answer could be?

Answer 5

Distributive property?

Answer 6

yes, good job!