Properties and Identities - SAT Subject Test in Math I

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What property of arithmetic is demonstrated below?

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The statement shows that two numbers can be multiplied in either order to yield the same product. This is the commutative property of multiplication.

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What property of arithmetic is demonstrated below?

If and , then

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The statement demonstrates that two expressions both equal to a third expression are equal to each other. This is the transitive property of equality.

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What property of arithmetic is demonstrated below?

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The idea that one multiplied by any number yields the latter number as the product is the identity property of multiplication.

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