Question

Michael was asked to give examples of the identity property of addition and the identity property of multiplication. Below are his answers.

Identity property of addition: 8 + 1 = 8


Identity property of multiplication: 8(0) = 0


What was Michael’s mistake?


He should have added 0 to 8 and multiplied 1 by 8.

He should have 8 + 1 = 9.

He should have 8(0) = 8.

He should have distributed the 8.

Answer 1

A. He should have added 0 to 8 and multiplied 1 by 8.

Explanation:

Answer 2

a

Explanation:

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