On a shopping trip, your sister spends $50 for a pair of jeans, $12 for a pack of socks, and $215 on a pair of tennis shoes. Using the Associative Property of Addition, write the total amount spent on this trip in two different ways.

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Answer 1

50 + (12 + 215)

(12 + 50) + 215

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