Patti is using mental math to evaluate the expression (70 + 12.8 + 30) + 6.1. She recognizes that the expression will be easier to simplify if she can combine 70 and 30 before she works with the other numbers. How do the properties of operations allow Patti to take that approach?

D. She can use the commutative property to rewrite the expression as (70 + 30 + 12.8) + 6.1

Step-by-step explanation:

the answer would be d

straight away you can eliminate a and c because not all books contain a scientific skill because some may be fiction. c is also wrong because it saids that the only way children can learn is through books which is incorrect.

b is also wrong because reading can be a scientific skill but not always, therefore it is wrong which leaves you with d, the correct answer since it said that it can children learn.

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