Question 215457
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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