Question

What is the mathematical reasoning for Step 3?

Answer 1

Based on the operation in step 3, the mathematical reasoning that we see is the Associative property.

What is the reasoning in step 3?

Step 2 was:

= 3/4x (-8x) + (3/4x) (6)

Step 3 then became:

3/4 x (-8) × x × x  + 3/4 x 6x

This shows the associative property because the numbers were regrouped but because they are being multiplied by each other, the result will not change.

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