Select the property that allows the left member of the equation to be changed to the right member.
b + a = a + b
symmetric
identity - addition
commutative - addition
distributive
commutative - multiplication
associative - multiplication
associative - addition
commutative - addition
The property that allows the left member of the equation to be changed to the right member is the commutative property of addition.
The property that allows the left member of the equation to be changed to the right member in the equation b + a = a + b is the commutative property of addition.
The commutative property of addition states that the order of the addends does not affect the sum. In other words, you can change the order of the terms being added without changing the result.
In this case, by applying the commutative property of addition, you can rearrange the terms so that the left member (b + a) becomes the right member (a + b), without changing the value of the equation. This property holds true for any values of 'a' and 'b'.