Provide an appropriate response.In order to add 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12, Mary wrote the sum as (5 + 12) + (6 + 11) + (7 + 10) + (8 + 9) = 17 + 17 + 17 + 17 = 68. What properties of addition justify Mary's procedure?

What will be an ideal response?


Associative and commutative properties of addition

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