SOLUTION: What property would you use to simplify (8.9 plus 2.4) plus 7.6?

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Question 98048: What property would you use to simplify (8.9 plus 2.4) plus 7.6?
Answer by kiljoy(51) About Me  (Show Source):
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This would be the associative property of addition because it states "for all real numbers a,b and c their sum would be the same regardless of their grouping."
So, %28a%2Bb%29%2Bc=a%2B%28b%2Bc%29
In your equation %288.9%2B2.4%29%2B7.6=8.9%2B%282.4%2B7.6%29
%2811.3%29%2B7.6=8.9%2B%2810%29
18.9=18.9
Associative property of addition