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Which expression would be easier to simplify if you used the commutative property to change the order of the numbers?

Which expression would be easier to simplify if you used the commutative property-example-1
User Leury
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34
It’s C
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User Shreeni
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Answer:

the 3rd one

Explanation:

20+17=37

-1/2+(-5/2)= -3

so 37 + ( -3 ) = -3 + 37 have the same value which is 34

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