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Use the indicated property to write an expression that is equivalent to the following expression.
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document.write( "Parentheses are used to ASSOCIATE two numbers, so in this\r\n" );
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document.write( "(9 • 0) • 17\r\n" );
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document.write( "The 9 and the 0 are ASSOCIATED by the parentheses around them.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now let's move the parentheses so as to ASSOCIATE the 0 and the\r\n" );
document.write( "17.  So we then have this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "9 • (0 • 17)\r\n" );
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document.write( "When we have three numbers to add or multiply, the fact that\r\n" );
document.write( "it doesn't matter whether we associate the first two or the\r\n" );
document.write( "last two, we'll get the same answer in the end -- is called the\r\n" );
document.write( "ASSOCIATIVE property.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Example for the ASSOCIATIVE property of multiplication:\r\n" );
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document.write( "(2 • 5) • 7 = 10 • 7 = 70\r\n" );
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document.write( " 2 • (5 • 7) = 2 • 35 = 70\r\n" );
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document.write( "The work was different but we ended up with the same answer 70\r\n" );
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document.write( "Example for the ASSOCIATIVE property of addition:\r\n" );
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document.write( "(3 + 4) + 6 = 7 + 6 = 13\r\n" );
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document.write( " 3 + (4 + 6) = 3 + 10 = 13\r\n" );
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document.write( "Again the work was different but we ended up with the same answer 13\r\n" );
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