Give an example to show that subtraction does not follow the associative rule

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Agata [3.3K]3 years ago

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(6 - 2) - 1 = 4 - 1 = 3

6 - (2 - 1) = 6 - 1 = 5

The associative rule doesn't work for subtraction because you get different results when you move the parentheses.

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