Properties of Equality

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What is the Transitive property of equality?

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If a=b, and b=c, then a=c.

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What is the Division property of equality?

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If a=b, then a/c=b/c.

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What is the Addition property of equality?

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If a=b, then a+c=b+c.

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What is the Distributive property of equality?

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a(b+c)=ab+ac.

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What does the Distributive Property justify in equations?

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It allows you to multiply a number by a sum or difference.

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What is the Commutative property of addition?

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a + b = b + a.

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What is the Commutative property of multiplication?

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a * b = b * a.

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What is the Associative property of addition?

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(a + b) + c = a + (b + c).

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What is the Associative property of multiplication?

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(a * b) * c = a * (b * c).

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What is the Identity property of addition?

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a + 0 = a.