Book edition Common Core Edition

Author(s) Ron Larson, Laurie Boswell, Timothy D. Kanold, Lee Stiff

Pages 183 pages

ISBN 9780547587776

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Identify the property that the statement illustrates.
$- 4 a b = - 4 b a$

The statement $- 4 a b = - 4 b a$ represents the Commutative property of Multiplication.

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Step-1 – What are real numbers?

Real numbers are simply the combination of Whole numbers, Integers, Rational and Irrational numbers in the number system.

Step-2 – Commutative Property of Multiplication of Real Numbers:

Suppose a, b, and c is three real numbers.

Commutative Property of Multiplication:

Property: $a \cdot b = b \cdot a$ or $a \cdot b \cdot c = b \cdot c \cdot a$

If you multiply two or three real numbers in any order, their product will always be the same.

Example: $12 \cdot 4 = 4 \cdot 12 = 48$ or $5 \cdot 6 \cdot 4 = 6 \cdot 4 \cdot 5 = 120$

Step-3 – Identify the property that the statement – 4ab = – 4ba illustrates.

Commutative property of Multiplication states that If you multiply two or three real numbers in any order, their product will always be the same.

Property: $a \cdot b = b \cdot a$

Example: $12 \cdot 4 = 4 \cdot 12 = 48$

So, the expression $- 4 a b = - 4 b a$ represents the Commutative Property of Multiplication.

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