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Associative Property of Multiplication:
\The way in which numbers are grouped when multiplied does not change the
\product. For any numbers a, b and c: ![\"\"](\"http://c4anything.com/MathKey/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=fca61658b37c4cf8c1593ce695acbefc.png\")
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According to associative property of multiplication, the statement can be written as
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(Multiply: ![\"\"](\"/MathKey/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=8bf9b50d7bbbfc7473950587ed05d2d1.png\")
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The simplified expression is 75b.
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