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Structures of Expressions Unit Test Part 1
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Write an equivalent expression to (a⋅b)⋅c
using the Associative Property of Multiplication.(1 point)
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Answer 1

The Associative Property of Multiplication states that the way in which factors are grouped in a multiplication problem does not change the product. Therefore, you can rewrite the expression \((a \cdot b) \cdot c\) by changing the grouping of the factors.

An equivalent expression using the Associative Property of Multiplication would be:

\(a \cdot (b \cdot c)\)

This shows that multiplying \(a\) by the product of \(b\) and \(c\) gives the same result as first multiplying \(a\) and \(b\), and then multiplying that result by \(c\).