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3.6 Exercise 7

Avg difficulty 2.5

In each of the following, identify which property of the real numbers is being applied.

  1. 4+(8+13)=(4+8)+134 + \left(8 + 13\right) = \left(4 + 8\right) + 13
  2. 34×(134)=134 \times \left(\frac{1}{34}\right) = 1
  3. 14+27=27+1414 + 27 = 27 + 14

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