SOLUTION: Which property justifies the following statement. If 5a-10b=32 then 5(a-2b)=32 A. Commutative Property B. Associative Property C. Distributive Property D. Inv

Question 197310: Which property justifies the following statement.

If 5a-10b=32 then 5(a-2b)=32

A. Commutative Property

B. Associative Property

C. Distributive Property

D. Inverse Property

thank you
Answer by RAY100(1637) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distribution Property is usually stated as a(c+b) = ac +bc
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the reverse of this property is factoring , which is what we did, taking the 5 out.
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The other properties are cummulative, a*b = b*a
associative (a*b)*c = a*(b*c)
inverse ,,reciprocal of a = 1/a
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