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Use the Commutative Property on the expression 7x - 5.

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Answer:

-5 + 7x

Explanation:

The Commutative Property states that the order of addition or multiplication does not matter.

EXAMPLE 1 : 1 + 2 = 2 + 1 = 3

EXAMPLE 2: 3 x 4 = 4 x 3 = 12

It appears that we cannot use the commutative property on this expression. But we can. First, we need to change - 5 = + -5.

7x - 5 = 7x + -5

Because we now have addition, we can prove the commutative property.

-5 + 7x = 7x + -5

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