Which Property of the Real Numbers Is Illustrated by the Following

question 57

Multiple Choice

Which property of the real numbers is illustrated by the following statement?
-9 × (7 + 18) = -9(7) + (-9) (18)

• A)Associative property of addition
• B)Distributive property
• C)Commutative property of multiplication
• D)Closure property of multiplication

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