Jerome tries to find the value of the expression 3-6+5 but first applying Community property. He writes expression as 3-5+6. Explain what's wrong with Jerome's approach

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Karma Farmer

19 August, 21:19

Jerome tries to find the value of the expression 3-6+5 but first applying Community property. He writes expression as 3-5+6. Explain what's wrong with Jerome's approach

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Clara Forbes · Answer 1

Clara Forbes 19 August, 21:39

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Nothing, its perfectly fine.

Camille Stanley · Answer 2

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Step-by-step explanation:

You mean the Commutative property.

What is wrong is that Jerome should have moved the + sign with 5 and left the - sign with the 6.

3 - 6 + 5

Moving the ' + 5' to before the ' - 6' we get

3 + 5 - 6.