Can someone please explain the Associative Property, and Distributive Property to me? I understand the Commutative Property and

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Identitive Property but I'm having trouble with the other two. Explain in the simplest way possible, please. Thank you :)

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Anettt [7] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-25T13:04:50+03:00

The associative property is basically just when you move the parentheses in a problem. For example: (a+b)+c = a+(b+c).

Distributive property is a little more complicated, its better if i show you.

a(b+c) = ab+ac

so a times b plus c is the same as a times b plus a times c.

Hope i helped:)