Aaron claims the same answer could also be found by adding either -5 + 3 or -3

Question

+ 5.
What is the error in Aaron's reasoning?
(1 point)
• The negative signs were switched.
• The numbers are not in the correct order.
• The commutative property is not true for addition.
• The associative property was used.

Answer 1

The error in Aaron's reasoning is that the negative signs were switched.

The expressions -5 + 3 and -3 + 5 are indeed different, as the first one results in a negative number (-2) while the second results in a positive number (2). Therefore, they do not yield the same answer. Thus, the correct answer is:

• The negative signs were switched.