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Associative Property of Addition
This property shows that when adding three or more real numbers, the grouping of numbers does not affect the sum. Example: .
Inverse Property of Addition
The property that for every real number, there exists an additive inverse that, when added to the original number, results in zero. Example: .
Commutative Property of Addition
This property states that changing the order of addends does not change the sum. Example: .
Identity Property of Addition
The property stating that the sum of any number and zero is the number itself. Example: .
Distributive Property
This property combines addition and multiplication, stating that multiplying a sum by a number gives the same result as multiplying each addend by the number and then adding the products. Example: .
Associative Property of Multiplication
The property that the way in which factors are grouped does not change the product. Example: .
Transitive Property
If a real number is equal to , and is equal to , then is equal to . Example: If and , then .
Commutative Property of Multiplication
This property indicates that the order of factors does not affect the product. Example: .
Identity Property of Multiplication
This property states that the product of any number and one is the number itself. Example: .
Inverse Property of Multiplication
This property indicates that for every nonzero real number, there exists a multiplicative inverse that, when multiplied by the original number, results in one. Example: , for .
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