document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=44891>Question 44891</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> show how to  use properties to simplify the following\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    106+8+(-6)+(-8) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You can clearly see that 8+(-8) = 0. We know we can do this because we know of the associative property.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We subtract 6 from 106, which is easy: 100. </SPAN>\n" );
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