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What is wrong with the equation? What would be the answer? Plz help, i need to answer the problem soon

What is wrong with the equation? What would be the answer? Plz help, i need to answer-example-1
User Luqi
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B.) In Step 2, the associative property cannot regroup addition and multiplication.
User Yousef Zakher
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Step 2 is wrong bc you would multiply 9&3 then get 27 and then add 11 to get the final answer of 38
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