document.write( "Question 495382: what is the another way could have performed the multiplication of\r
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document.write( "  (2×3)×5 = 30\r\n" );
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document.write( "Move the parentheses and 6×5 becomes 2×15 which is also 30.\r\n" );
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document.write( "  2×(3×5) = 30\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the ASSOCIATIVE principle of multiplication.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It's called the associative principle because\r\n" );
document.write( "the parentheses around 2×3 associates the 2 with the 3, and\r\n" );
document.write( "the parentheses around 3×5 associates the 3 with the 5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The principle says \r\n" );
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document.write( "If you have three things to multiply, you get the same answer \r\n" );
document.write( "in the end whether you associate the 1st and 2nd factors as \r\n" );
document.write( "you do when you associate the 2nd one with the 3rd.\r\n" );
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