document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=282050>Question 282050</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> which statement illustrated the associative property for multiplication<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a X 0 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a x 1/a = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a x b = b x a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a x b) x c = a x (b x c) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "this is because association means the order of multiplication doesn't matter as long as you do it from left to right. Which is why the parenthesis were moved around. </SPAN>\n" );
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