Question

Which property of operations should be applied first when adding 5(g+2)+3(h−4)
?(1 point)
Responses

commutative property
commutative property

identity property
identity property

associative property
associative property

distributive property

Answer 1

In the expression \( 5(g+2) + 3(h-4) \), the first property of operations that should be applied is the **distributive property**. This property allows you to distribute the coefficients (5 and 3) across the terms inside the parentheses.

So, the answer is:

**distributive property**