Question

Identify the property that justifies each step asked about in the answer area below,

Answer 1

From the given picture, we can note that:

Line 1 to line 2: Commutative property of addition, because

$8x+6=6+8x$

Line 2 to line 3: Associative property of addition, because

$(6+8x)+5x=6+(8x+5x)$