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

Question

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Responses

associative property
associative property

identity property
identity property

commutative property
commutative 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 will be used to distribute the 5 and 3 across the terms in the parentheses:

1. For \(5(g + 2)\), apply the distributive property to get \(5g + 10\).
2. For \(3(h - 4)\), apply the distributive property to get \(3h - 12\).

After applying the distributive property, you can then combine like terms if necessary.