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Answer:


\boxed{\textrm{(A) Associative property}}.

Explanation:

While it may look like the associative property was correctly demonstrated, it was not. Generally, this property says that for
a,b,c\in\mathbb{R} we have:


(a+b)+c=a+(b+c).

Let
a = 7,
b = -x and
c=-5. We then have:


(7-x)-5 = [7+(-x)]+(-5) = (a+b)+c.

Applying the associative property, we get:


(a+b)+c = a+(b+c) = 7 + [-x + (-5)] = 7 - x - 5 = 7-(x+5).

We now notice that the sign inside the parenthesis is wrong, so the answer is:


\boxed{\textrm{(A) Associative property}}.

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