Find a counterexample to disprove the statement "The Associative Property is true for division."

Mathematics

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MaRussiya [10]4 years ago

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The associative property makes it so whichever which way the numbers are the answer will be the same but as shown in the picture this isn't true for this statement because the answers become completely different depending on where the numbers are in the equation.
6 divided by 3 is NOT equal to 3 divided by 6 which disproves that property.

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