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Which property justifies the following equation? 7[6+5+(-6)] = [6+(-6)+5] A.distributive B.commutative C.associative D.identity

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This should be the commutative property that’s states: you can add in any order. In your example, the order of the numbers being added changes but the sum does not.
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