document.write( "Question 882955: which property is illustrated in this problem? (associative, distributive, identity,or commutative) (8+4)+73=73+(8+4) \n" ); document.write( "
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\"commutative\"
\n" ); document.write( "The parentheses are there to confuse you, and make you think of the associative property, or maybe even the distributive property,
\n" ); document.write( "but what that says is the \"something%2B73=73%2Bsomething\" ,
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