Question
What property was used in step 1 to arrive at step 2?
Step 1: 5 (x minus 7) = 55. Step 2: 5 x minus 35 = 55. Step 3: 5 x = 90. Step 4: x = 18.
distributive property
addition property of equality
subtraction property of equality
division property of equality
Step 1: 5 (x minus 7) = 55. Step 2: 5 x minus 35 = 55. Step 3: 5 x = 90. Step 4: x = 18.
distributive property
addition property of equality
subtraction property of equality
division property of equality
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The property used in step 1 to arrive at step 2 is the **distributive property**.
In step 1, the expression \(5(x - 7)\) can be expanded to \(5x - 35\) by distributing the 5 across the terms inside the parentheses.
In step 1, the expression \(5(x - 7)\) can be expanded to \(5x - 35\) by distributing the 5 across the terms inside the parentheses.