Name the property that is illustrated by the statement below:

Question

`2\ +\ \left(7\ +\ 3\right)\ =\ \left(2\ +\ 7\right)\ +\ 3`

Answer 1

The property illustrated by the statement

\[ 2 + (7 + 3) = (2 + 7) + 3 \]

is the Associative Property of Addition. This property states that the way in which numbers are grouped in an addition operation does not change their sum.