Multiple Choice

A warehouse supervisor is simplifying an inventory reconciliation equation: $9x - 5 - 8x - 6 = 7. To make the equation easier to solve, the supervisor rearranges the terms on the left side to group the variable terms and constant terms together, resulting in: $9x - 8x - 5 - 6 = 7. Which mathematical property is used to justify this rearrangement of terms?

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