SOLUTION: Name the property that justifies each step of solving the equation... 4(r+3s)-5r=4r+12s-5r =(4r-5r)+12s =(4-5)r+12s =r+12s

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Question 498772: Name the property that justifies each step of solving the equation...
4(r+3s)-5r=4r+12s-5r
=(4r-5r)+12s
=(4-5)r+12s
=r+12s






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Distributive Property
Associative Property
Distributive Property (Used the other way)
MSDMUBT Property (Math Student Done Messed Up Big Time)



Done correctly, it would have been the Definition of Addition of Signed Numbers

Final result should be




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