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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

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Distributive property — 5 is multiplied across the parentheses: 5(x − 7) = 5x − 35.