B - Negotiating.
This is because they are communicating, they haven't yet agreed to anything or committed to the contract as neither parties have signed, thus leading to both C and D to be incorrect.
A, however, is not exactly a term used for this situation - contracting is more of a term used to say someone contracted a disease or the flu or etc.
Therefore, B would be correct as they are indeed negotiating the terms of the contract.
Hope this helps!
For this case we have:
way 1:
Common factor 3 in the expression:
Way 2:
Write the number 12 as the sum of 4 times 3:

Then, for associative property:
Answer:
b
Step-by-step explanation:
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Should be:
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