The statement is “”

Commutative property of addition:

The order in which numbers are added does not change the sum.

For any numbers a and b, a + b = b + a \ \

               (According to commutative property: 5 + v = v + 5)

Associative property of addition:

The way in which numbers are grouped and added does not change the sum.

For any numbers a, b and c;

According to associative property, the statement can be written as

                   (Add: 5 + 7 = 12)

The simplified expression is .