SOLUTION: Use an associative property to write the expression. (3+7)+4

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Question 1102000: Use an associative property to write the expression.
(3+7)+4
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
ASSOCIATIVE PROPERTY
What help do you think you need? Only two ways to associate the terms.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20064)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Applying the associative principle to (3+7)+4, is to move the parentheses
from around the first two numbers to around the second and third numbers
like this:

3+(7+4)

How the associative property works is that if you leave it as
(3+7)+4, you are associating the 3 with the 7 by having parentheses
around them, and they give 10, so it's the same as adding 10+4 and
getting 14.

Or if you move the parentheses so that you have 3+(7+4), then you are 
associating the 7 with the 4 by having parentheses around them, and 
they give 11, so it's the same as adding 3+11 and surprise! you also 
get the same answer 14.

Edwin
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