Use the commutative and associative properties as needed to simplify the expression.

left parenthesis 14 plus a right parenthesis plus 16
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Part 1
left parenthesis 14 plus a right parenthesis plus 16
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Using the commutative property of addition, we can rearrange the terms:

(14 + a) + 16

Now using the associative property of addition, we can group the terms differently:

14 + (a + 16)

This simplifies to:

14 + a + 16 = 30 + a