The correct statement is:
C. Division is commutative, but not associative.
To clarify:
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Commutative Property: A binary operation is commutative if changing the order of the operands does not change the result. For division, \( a \div b \) is generally not equal to \( b \div a \); therefore, division is not commutative.
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Associative Property: A binary operation is associative if the way in which the operands are grouped does not change the result. For division, \( (a \div b) \div c \) is not equal to \( a \div (b \div c) \); thus, division is not associative either.
Therefore, the correct answer should actually clarify that division is neither commutative nor associative, so none of the provided options are fully correct. However, the closest option to the truth would be:
A. Division is neither commutative nor associative.