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Question
The shifting of a number from one side of an equation to other is called ______.
Options
Transposition
Distributivity
Commutativity
Associativity
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Solution
The shifting of a number from one side of an equation to other is called transposition.
Explanation:
If we have an equation, say x + a = 0, then x = – a.
Here we have shifted number ‘a’ from left-hand side to right-hand side.
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