You and your friend are trying to solve this problem negative 4 * 5/7 * -3/4 * 7/15 your friend says the best strategy is to do each operation in order from left to right following the order of operations you see that changing the order of the numbers being multiplied will make the problem simpler what fact can you use to convince your friend that your method is available to solve the problem hey the associative property of multiplication says that the way you factors are grouped in a multiplication program problem does not change the answer a * B * C = 8 * B * C b the order of operations can be ignored when multiplying see the cumulative property of multiplication says that changing the order in which you multiply the factor does not change the answer 8 * b = b * a d it is impossible to multiply the numbers in the current order

Answer 1

To convince your friend that changing the order of the numbers being multiplied can simplify the problem, you can refer to the commutative property of multiplication. This property states that the order in which you multiply the factors does not change the product.

So, in this case, option c is the correct one:

c. The commutative property of multiplication says that changing the order in which you multiply the factors does not change the answer (a * b = b * a).

This means you can rearrange the factors and choose to multiply them in a more convenient order to make the calculations easier. For example, you might want to group certain fractions together that simplify nicely.