document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=123234>Question 123234</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i'm having trouble remembering which is associative and commutative properties. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "are there any tricks, or any ways that can help me remember which is which? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #90412 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ilana><B>ilana(307)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ilana><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=90412\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm so glad you asked!  My 7th grade teacher Mrs. Strugibinetti said commuters go back and forth to work.  So where they are changes.  That is why a+b is the same as b+a.  They are both commuting.  That's the commutative property.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The associative property says a+(b+c)=(a+b)+c.  I don't actually know any trick to remember this, but I guess you can think of it as only an ass puts those silly parenthesis for addition and multiplication... regardless of where they are, the answer is the same.:) </SPAN>\n" );
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