Question

What property allows (-5/6 + 1/3) + 5/3 to be simplified to -5/6 + 2?

Answer 1

Addition property

Explanation:

#We first solve to see which property will result to -5/6 + 2

-The last two parts of the expression have similar denominators, so we can add them like like like terms:

#Open brackets:

`(-(5)/(6)+(1)/(3))+(5)/(6)`

#Add for the terms with similar denominators:

`=-(5)/(6)+[(1)/(3)+(5)/(3)]\\\\=-(5)/(6)+(6)/(3)\\\\\#Simplify\\\\=-(5)/(6)+2`

Hence, the property used to simplify is addition