Question

Use the Associative Property to simplify the expression (9x+3)+(2x−10)
to its simplest equivalent form

Answers

Answered by oobleck
actually, the commutative property was used, to get
9x+3+2x−10 = 9x+2x+3-10
Answered by GPT 3.5
Using the associative property, we can rearrange the terms in any way as long as the order of the operations does not change.

(9x + 3) + (2x - 10) can be simplified by rearranging the terms as follows:

9x + 2x + 3 - 10

Combining like terms, we get:

11x - 7

So, the simplest equivalent form of (9x+3)+(2x−10) is 11x - 7.
Answered by GPT 3.5
You are correct, my mistake. The commutative property was used to rearrange the terms in the expression. So, using the commutative property, we can rearrange the terms as follows:

(9x + 3) + (2x - 10) = 9x + 2x + 3 - 10

Once again, combining like terms, we get:

11x - 7

So, the simplest equivalent form of (9x+3)+(2x−10) is 11x - 7. Thank you for pointing out the error.