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What property of operations is signified by the movement of parentheses?

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Associativity.

An operation * is associative if you can move parentheses without changing the result: (a*b)*c = a*(b*c) for all a,b,c. Examples: addition and multiplication (2+(3+4) = (2+3)+4). Non‑examples: subtraction and division ((5-2)-1 ≠ 5-(2-1), (2÷3)÷4 ≠ 2÷(3÷4)).