+5478 The Associative Property, also called the "grouping property," works for addition and multiplication expressions. It states that the order you group terms in an equation does not affect the answer. For example:
For addition:
$${\mathtt{a}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}\left({\mathtt{b}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{c}}\right) = \left({\mathtt{a}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{b}}\right){\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{c}}$$
Or: $${\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}\left({\mathtt{3}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{4}}\right) = \left({\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{3}}\right){\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{4}}$$
In multiplication:
$${a}{\left({\mathtt{bc}}\right)} = {\mathtt{ab}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{c}}$$
Or: $${\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}\left({\mathtt{3}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{4}}\right) = \left({\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{3}}\right){\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{4}}$$
+5478 The Associative Property, also called the "grouping property," works for addition and multiplication expressions. It states that the order you group terms in an equation does not affect the answer. For example:
For addition:
$${\mathtt{a}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}\left({\mathtt{b}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{c}}\right) = \left({\mathtt{a}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{b}}\right){\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{c}}$$
Or: $${\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}\left({\mathtt{3}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{4}}\right) = \left({\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{3}}\right){\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{4}}$$
In multiplication:
$${a}{\left({\mathtt{bc}}\right)} = {\mathtt{ab}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{c}}$$
Or: $${\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}\left({\mathtt{3}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{4}}\right) = \left({\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{3}}\right){\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{4}}$$
