Shifting one term from one side of an equation to the another side with a change of sign in known as _____

Commutativity

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Transposition

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Distributivity

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Associativity

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Solution

The correct option is B Transposition
$T r a n s p o s i t i o n$ is the process of moving a term from one side of an equation to the another side by changing it's sign without affecting the equation.

eg: The equation $x = y + 5$ can be written as $x - 5 = y$ by transposition.

So, the answer is $[B]$ .

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Shifting one term from one side of an equation to another side with a change of sign is known as

(a) commutativity
(b) transposition
(c) distributivity
(d) associativity

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