State the Property That Justifies the Statement $3 + ( - 4 ) = ( - 4 ) + 3$

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Multiple Choice

State the property that justifies the statement. For example, $3 + ( - 4 ) = ( - 4 ) + 3$ because of the commutative property for addition. $- 3 + ( 9 - 2 ) = ( - 3 + 9 ) - 2$

• A) Associative Property of Multiplication
• B) Commutative Property of Addition
• C) Identity Property of Addition
• D) Distributive Property
• E) Associative Property of Addition

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