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Identify the property of equality that justifies the missing step to solve the given equation.Equation3x + (1 - 8) = 124r-I8 = 12StepsOriginal equationAssociative property of addition4r= 20r=5Division property of equalitya. subtraction property of equalityb. addition property of equalityc. division property of equalityd. multiplication property of equality

Identify the property of equality that justifies the missing step to solve the given-example-1
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From the attached image;


4x-8=12

The next step is to add 8 to both sides of the equation to remove -8.


\begin{gathered} 4x-8+8=12+8 \\ 4x=20 \end{gathered}

Since we added to the equation.

The step is an addition property of equality

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