Decide whether the statement is an example of the commutative, associative, identity, inverse, or distributive property.
-( 8 + 6) + 1 = ( 6 + 8) + 1
A) Distributive
B) Commutative
C) Associative
D) Identity

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The statement is an example of the commutative property, which states that changing the order of the numbers in an addition or multiplication operation does not change the result. Here, the order of 8 and 6 is switched, but the sum remains the same.

Decide Whether the Statement Is an Example of the Commutative