SOLUTION: use the commutative and associative properties to write three equivalent expressions 3(ab)

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Question 215457: use the commutative and associative properties to write three equivalent expressions
3(ab)
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use the commutative and associative properties to write three equivalent expressions or 3(ab)

Step 1. 3(ab)=3(ba) where the commutative property was used.

Step 2. 3(ab)=(3a)b where the associative property was used.

Step 3. 3(ab)=(a3)b where the commutative property was used after using the associative property used in Step 2.

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