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| Question 713457:  What is the definition of the associative property in a formal definition. For all....
 Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! For all real numbers x, y, and z, we can say 
 x + (y + z) = (x+y) + z
 
 This is known as the associative property of addition
 
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 The associative property of multiplication is
 
 x*(y*z) = (x*y)*z
 
 which is true for all real numbers x, y, and z
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