| A | B |
|---|
| addition property of eqaulity | if a = b then a+c = b+c |
| additive inverses | a + (-a)= 0 |
| algebraic equation | a combination of variables and numbers and at least one operation |
| associative property of addition | (a+b) +c = a + (b+c) |
| associative property of multiplication | (ab)c = a(bc) |
| coefficient | the number in front of the variable |
| commutative property of addition | a+b = b+a |
| commutative property of multiplication | ab=ba |
| commutative property (in general) | moves numbers and variables |
| define a variable | choosing a variable and a quantity for the variable to represent in an equation |
| distributive property | a(b+c) = ab +ac |
| division property of equality | for any a,b, and c, and c is not equal to 0 then a/c = b/c |
| equivilant equations | two or more equations with the same solution |
| evaluating an expression | replacing the variables with numbers and finding the numerical value of the expression |
