Question

Select the property that allows the statement (a + b) + c to be written as c + (a + b).

commutative - addition
distributive
associative - multiplication
symmetric
commutative - multiplication
associative - addition
identity - addition

Answer 1

Answer:

Associative property of addition

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the statement $( a + b ) + c$ and we are to determine whether which of the given answer options allows it to be written as $c + ( a + b )$.

According to the associative property of addition, you can add the numbers regardless of how they are grouped.

Therefore, (a + b) + c = c + (a + b) is possible with associative property of addition.

Answer 2

The answer is commutative - addition!

The reason it is not associative is because while the direction changes, the parentheses does not move! In the associative, the parenthesis moves, but in (a + b) + c = c + (a + b), the parenthesis contains a + b in both of them. Also here is some picture proof. (Attached)

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