Seven friends picked 7 quarts of blueberries. three of the friends will share 4 quarts of blueberries equally and the other 4 friends will share 3 quarts of the blueberries equally. in which group does each friend get a greater amount of blueberries? explain your reasoning.

Simonne used the following steps to simplify the given expression. 12-3(-2x+4) step 1: 12+(-)+(-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? •identity property of addition •inverse property of addition •associative property of addition •commutative property of addition