Question

Bill claims that he found the actual December temperature by adding either -5+3 or 3 +-5.

What property did Bill use?

Answer 1

Inverse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

Answer: Commutative property of addition

This is the idea that x+y is the same as y+x

We can add any two numbers in any order we want.

Other examples:

2+3 = 5 and 3+2 = 5

7+2 = 9 and 2+7 = 9