SOLUTION: which property is illustrated in this problem? (associative, distributive, identity,or commutative) (8+4)+73=73+(8+4)

Question 882955: which property is illustrated in this problem? (associative, distributive, identity,or commutative) (8+4)+73=73+(8+4)
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The parentheses are there to confuse you, and make you think of the associative property, or maybe even the distributive property,
but what that says is the ,
and that when you are adding two numbers, it does not matter which of the two numbers you write first.
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