document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=218303>Question 218303</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1. we have learned that the associative property does not hold for subtraction.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a - b) - c &#8800; a - (b - c).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. find distinct ingtegers a,b,c such that (a - b) - c = a - (b - c).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. PROVE that your integers work by substituting and simplifying the equation. </SPAN>\n" );
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