SOLUTION: tell whether division is communitive or associative?

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Question 502608: tell whether division is communitive or associative?
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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It is not commutative because a/b does not always equal b/a.

Division is not associative because (a/b)/c = a/(bc),while a/(b/c) = (ac)/b.