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Which expression uses the commutative property of addition and the associative property of multiplication to rewrite theexpression (3•2) . 5 + 7?

Which expression uses the commutative property of addition and the associative property-example-1

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The commutative property of addition states that the order of the values being added doesn't affect the final result:


a+b=b+a

The associative property of multiplication states that the order of the products being calculated doesn't affect the final result:


(a\cdot b)\operatorname{\cdot}c=a\operatorname{\cdot}(b\operatorname{\cdot}c)

Using these properties, we can rewrite the given expression with the following steps:


\begin{gathered} (3\operatorname{\cdot}2)\operatorname{\cdot}5+7 \\ \text{ using the commutative property of addition:} \\ 7+(3\operatorname{\cdot}2)\operatorname{\cdot}5 \\ \text{ using the associative property of multiplication:} \\ 7+3\operatorname{\cdot}(2\operatorname{\cdot}5) \end{gathered}

Therefore the correct option is the third one.

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