known as the ________ property.

Question

If a + b = c and b = 5, then a + 5 = c is known as the ________ property.

	A)	transitive
B)	reflexive
C)	substitution
D)	symmetric

Answer 1

If a + b = c and b = 5, then a + 5 = c.

This is a substitution property since you are plugging in a value for an unknown variable.