Name That Property

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What is the Transitive Property?

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

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What is the Substitution Property?

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If a = b, then a can be replaced by b in any expression.

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What is the Reflexive Property?

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For any number a, a = a.

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What is the Division Property of Equality?

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If a = b, then a/c = b/c for any non-zero c.

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What is the Addition Property of Equality?

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If a = b, then a + c = b + c for any number c.

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What is the Multiplication Property of Equality?

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If a = b, then a * c = b * c for any number c.

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What is the Equality Property?

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States that if two values are equal, they can be substituted for each other.

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Example of Transitive Property: If 3x = 2y and 2y = z, what can we conclude?

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3x = z.

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Example of Substitution Property: If w = 1, what can we substitute in the equation 10x + w = 41?

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10x + 1 = 41.

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Example of Reflexive Property: What does 4 = 4 illustrate?

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It illustrates that any number is equal to itself.