Question

What is (5+3)+7=5+(3+7) is it Associative, Identity, Commutative or Substitution?

Answer 1

Associative

Explanation:

The associative property of addition states that you can add numbers however they are grouped inside parentheses.

It doesn't matter where you put the parentheses. You will always get the same answer.

For example,

`\begin{array}{rcl}(5 + 3) + 7 & = & 5 + (3 + 7)\\8 + 7& = & 5 + 10\\15 & = & 15\\\end{array}`