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Jerome tries to find the value of the expression 3 - 6 + 5 by first applying the commutative property.He rewrites the expression as 3 - 5 + 6.Explain what is wrong with Jerome's approach.
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Jerome tries to find the value of the expression 3 - 6 + 5 by first applying the commutative property.He rewrites the expression as 3 - 5 + 6.Explain what is wrong with Jerome's approach.

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By moving the signs he actually changed the number itself. He changed -6 from a negative to a positive and 5 from a positive to a negative. Both equations give different answers.

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