Question

Which property justifies the following statement?

If 13m = 156, then m = 12.

Transitive Property of Equality

Distributive Property

Multiplication Property of Equality

Division Property of Equality

Answer 1

In the above question 13m=156 we are dividing both sides by 13 so that m=12 .As
`(156)/(13) =12`

According to Division property of Equality: If you divide one side of an equation by a number, you also must divide the other side by the same number so that your equation stays the same.

The property Division Property of Equality is justified .