Verbal Expression
10+7
17
a+b=b+a
commutative property of addition
26=8+v
v=18
3x+5=-16
x=-7
3(x+1)=5+x
x=1
6+9
15
a+-a=0
addition inverse of 0
15+b=23
b=8
9x-7=-7
x=0
a+5=-5a+5
a=0
17-9
8
ax0=0
multiplication property of zero
x-7=13
x=20
144=-12(x+5)
x=-17
-3(4x+3)+4(6x+1)=43
x=4
6x10
60
a=b,then a+c=b+c
property of equality
n+16=9
n=-7
-15=-4m+5
m=5
-(1+7x)-6(-7-x)=36
x=5
8/4
2
a=b and b=c, then a=c
transitive property of equality
10n=40
n=4
-9x-13=-103
x=10
5p-14=8p+4
p=-6