How could you rewrite the expression (–3 + 5) + 8 + (–1) using the Associative Property of Addition? plz help
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the two quantities in parentheses and the 8 can go in any order
oops ... the order thing is commutative principle
associative means putting additional parentheses around the 8 and one of the other quantities
associative means putting additional parentheses around the 8 and one of the other quantities
ok thank you so much