Question

Which expression uses the commutative property to make it easier to evaluate -12. 13. 1? O A. . 13. (-12) B.–12.13 O C. - - 13 - 12 D. 12 - 13 MIT

Answer 1

-12.1/3.13

Here, we want to select the expression that makes use of the commutative property to make it easier to evaluate;

-12 . 13 . 1/3

Before we proceed, we need to understand what the commutative property is.

The commutative property deals with swapping places of the values in the expression without the overall expression being changed when evaluated.

Thus, what we simply need to do in this question is to swap the places of the values in the expression.

We have;

-12. 1/3 . 13

This is because 3 is a factor of 12 and it would be easier starting off the solution from there.

So the correct answer here is option B