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put this solution on YOUR website! -14+(12+13)=(-14+12)+13
is this distributive?
No that's the associative principle of addition,
for the parentheses are used to associate
the 12 with the 13 on the left and to associate
the -14 with the 12 on the right. You can prove this
is true because on the left you have -14 plus 25
which is 11 and on the right you have -2 plus 13
which is also 11.
The distributive principle is when you have multiplication
on the outside of parentheses and addition on the
inside of the parentheses, like this:
2(3 + 4) = 2*3 + 2*4
You can prove that is true because on the left you have 2*7
which is 14 and on the right you have 6+8 which is also 14.
Edwin