Apply the associative property of multiplication to rewrite the expression p•(q•r)

Answer 1

The associative property of multiplication states that when multiplying three or more numbers, the grouping of the numbers does not change the product. In other words, you can change the way the numbers are grouped without changing the result.

Using this property, the expression \( p \cdot (q \cdot r) \) can be rewritten by changing the grouping:

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

So, the expression can be rewritten as \((p \cdot q) \cdot r\).