Show how you could use a commutative property to simplify the evaluation of the expression -7/16 -1/4-5/16

In commutative property , we can add numbers in any order.

Here we are given with fractions

We can add or subtract fractions in any order

We change the order of fraction that has same denominator so that we can add it more easily using commutative property

The first two fractions have same negative sign and common denominator

so we add it

Simplify the fraction 12/ 16

Add the fractions

= -1

answer: it's a

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