Question

Which property of real numbers is shown below?

3 + ((-5) + 6) = (3 + (-5)) + 6

Answer 1

3 + ((-5) + 6) = (3 + (-5)) + 6

It's associative property of addition

The associative property of addition states that you can add regardless of how the numbers are grouped, result will state the same.

Answer 2

3 + ((-5) + 6) = (3 + (-5)) + 6

it's associative property because the expression is staying the same, but the parentheses move