Name the property that justifies the statement? If AB = BC and BC = CD, then AB = CD.

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A. Substitution Property

B. Reflexive Property

C. Symmetric Property

D. Transitive Property

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-21T09:20:30

D. Transitive Property

The statement is effectively a restatement of the transitive property of equality, which states that

if #a=b# and #b=c# then #a=c#

Replace #a# with #AB#, #b# with #BC#, and #c# with #CD# and you have the given statement.

A. Substitution Property

B. Reflexive Property

C. Symmetric Property

D. Transitive Property