Which property is applied to the expression?
$12 + 3 = 3 + 12$

Associative Property of addition

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Commutative property of addition

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Distributive property of multiplication

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All of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Commutative property of addition
$12 + 3 = 15$
Also, $3 + 12 = 15$
$∴ 12 + 3 = 3 + 12$
It holds commutative property of addition i.e. changing the order of addends does not change the sum.

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