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Use the associative property to rewrite the expression: 4 •(8•7)

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You solve whatever is inside the parenthesis first:

4 * ( 56)

User RoxanneM
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Answer:

224

Explanation:

4 * (8*7)

4*56 = 224

or

(4*8)*7

32*7 = 224

No matter how you groups the numbers to multiply, the answer will be the same.

User Gevang
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