Answer:
"associative"
Step-by-step explanation:
The associative property lets you change the grouping of terms of a sum or of a product.
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For example, you can rewrite
(5 + 4·3) -2
as
5 + (4·3 -2)
but the associative property does NOT allow you to change the grouping to ...
(5 +4)·3 -2 . . . . . not a valid rewrite
What you need to do is find the greatest amount (1) and the lowest amount (1/4) of sap collected and the find how many times the lowest can go into the greatest. (So how many times can 1/4 go into 1). I believe that this is how you would do that.
Because 12 + 3 is not equal to 16...
