Consider this sum of 36 + 45 use the distributive property to rewrite the sum as a product of a whole number other than one and a sum of two whole numbers

Simonne used the following steps to simplify the given expression. 12 - 3(-2x + 4) step 1: 12 + (–3)·(–2x) + (–3)·(4) step 2: 12 + 6x + (–12) step 3: 12 + (–12) + 6x step 4: 0 + 6x step 5: 6x what property of real numbers was used to transition from step 3 to step 4? a. identity property of addition b. inverse property of addition c. associative property of addition d. commutative property of addition

Abiologist is recording the loss of fish in a pond. he notes the number of fish, f, in the pond on june 1. on july 1 there were 63 fish in the pond, which is 52 fewer fish than were in the pond on june 1. which equation represents this situation? a. f – 52 = 63 b. f – 63 = 52 c. 63 – f = 52 d. f – 63 = –52

Which of the following represents a number squared is equal to twenty more than nine times that number ? a) x squared = 9x + 20 b) x squared = 20x + 9 c) x squared > 9 + 20x d) x squared = 9 + x + 20