SOLUTION: What is meant by Identify the property that the statement illustraes? ex. - (-3)(1) = -3 and 1+(3+2)= 1+(2+3)

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Question 210537: What is meant by Identify the property that the statement illustraes?
ex. - (-3)(1) = -3 and 1+(3+2)= 1+(2+3)

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is meant by "Identify the property that the statement illustrates"?
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- (-3)(1) = -3
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Property: The additive inverse of "a" is "-a"
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1+(3+2)= 1+(2+3)
Property: Real Numbers are commutative over addition.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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