document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1165665>Question 1165665</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> State the property.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4+7)+1=(7+4)+1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #790144 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=790144\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the commutative property states:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The commutative property describes equations in which the order of the numbers involved does not affect the result. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Addition and multiplication are commutative operations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtraction and division, however, are not commutative.mutative.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i do not believe the associative process is at work here.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the associate property states:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The associative property describes equations in which the grouping of the numbers involved does not affect the result. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "As with the commutative property, addition and multiplication are associative operations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Once again, subtraction and division are not associative.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your expressions are:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(4+7)+1 = (7+4)+1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the commutative property is at work because 4+7 is equal to 7+4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the associative property is not at work because they did not change the associations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if the expression was (4+7)+1 = 4+(7+1), then the associative process would be at work.\r<BR>\n" );
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