Question: True or False? Amanda states that by using the commutative property, she can make the following identity statement: -5 - (9 + 3) = (9
True or False? Amanda states that by using the commutative property, she can make the following identity statement: -5 - (9 + 3) = (9 + 3) - (-5)
A. True because - 5 -12 is equivalent to 12 - 5.
B. True because the signs don't matter here.
C. False because when the commutative property is correctly applied, it would result in either -(9 + 3) + -5 OR -(9 + 3) - 5.
D. False because we cannot use the commutative property with integers.
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