Jason earns $35.50 on Monday, spends $24.00 on Tuesday, and earns $12.50 on Wednesday. Which equation shows how the Associative Property can be used when adding these rational numbers?

35.50 + (-24.00) + 12.50 = - 24.00 + 35.50 + 12.50

[35.50 + (-24.00) ] + 12.50 = 35.50 + [ (-24.00) + 12.50]

35.50 + (-24.00) + 12.50 = 35.50 + 12.50 + (-24.00)

(35.50 + (-24.00)) + 12.50 = (-24.00 + 35.50) + 12.50

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Joy Zhang

6 July, 22:15

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Lisa Costa · Answer 1

The answer is 24. 35.50-24.00 is 11.50 and you add that with the 12.50 that he earned on Wednesday and you get 24 as the answer