When planning for her garden, Ellie decided to plant three rows of five tomato plants. When she went outside to measure her plot, she discovered planting five rows of three tomato plants would make better use of her backyard space. Which
property explains why Ellie can switch the rows and columns of her plot and still grow the same number of tomato
plants?
A)
Identity property
B)
Associative property
C)
Distributive property
D)
Commutative property