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What property is 19 + (11 + 37 ) ?

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An operation is associative if you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer. It doesn't matter how you combine them, the answer will always be the same.


a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c \\ \\ 19+(11+37) =(19+11)+37 \\\\19+48=30+37\\\\67=67


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