Which property is shown by -5x(6+7)=-5x6+(-5)x7?

A. Commutative property of addition
B. Identity property of addition
C. Distributive property
D. Associative property of addition
Is the answer D?

User Icon for Steve Steve answered
10 years ago

Nope. C

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User Icon for Commutative property Commutative property answered
2 years ago

5×(6×7)=(5×6)×7

User Icon for Commutative property Commutative property answered
2 years ago

9×10=

User Icon for akshat akshat answered
2 years ago

c

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

No, the correct answer is C. Distributive property.

To understand why, let's break down the equation:

-5x(6+7) = -5x6 + (-5)x7

Here, we are asked to find which property is being shown by this equation.

The distributive property states that when you multiply a number by a sum in parentheses, you can distribute the multiplication to each term inside the parentheses.

In this equation, we have -5 multiplied by the sum (6+7). By applying the distributive property, we can multiply -5 by both 6 and 7 individually.

-5 x (6+7) = -5x6 + (-5)x7

So, the equation demonstrates the distributive property, as we are distributing the -5 to both terms inside the parentheses. Therefore, the correct answer is C. Distributive property.