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Solve 3x1 = 12. Explain your reasoning.​

User Lonerunner
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Answer:

That is false.

Explanation:

3*1=3.

This is the identity property of multiplication.

Anything times 1 will always be that number.

3*1 can never equal 12, it can only equal 3, even if reversed to be 1*3.

User Anar
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The left side
3
3
does not equal to the right side
12
12
, which means that the given statement is false.
False
User Sjking
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