The word "associative" comes from "associate" or "group";the Associative Property is the rule that refers to grouping. For addition, the rule is "<span>a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c</span><span>"; in numbers, this means </span>2 + (3 + 4) = (2 + 3) + 4. For multiplication, the rule is "<span>a(bc) = (ab)c</span>"; in numbers, this means2(3×4) = (2×3)4<span>. Any time they refer to the Associative Property, they want you to regroup things; any time a computation depends on things being regrouped, they want you to say that the computation uses the Associative Property.</span>
3/k+3=8/k-2 butterfly (multiply 8 and k+3) and (multiply 3 and k-2) and set them = to eachother 8 (k+3)=3 (k-2) distribute 8k+24=3k-6 -3k both sides 5k+24=-6 -24 both sides 5k=-30 ÷5 both sides k=-6
