Question

apply the associative property of multiplication to rewrite the expression p cdot(q cdot r)

Answer 1

The associative property of multiplication states that the way in which numbers are grouped in a multiplication operation does not affect the product. In mathematical terms, it can be expressed as:

\[
a \cdot (b \cdot c) = (a \cdot b) \cdot c
\]

Given the expression \( p \cdot (q \cdot r) \), you can apply the associative property to rewrite it as:

\[
(p \cdot q) \cdot r
\]

So, using the associative property, \( p \cdot (q \cdot r) \) can be rewritten as \( (p \cdot q) \cdot r \).