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Commutative property of addition:
\The order in which numbers are added does not change the sum.
\For any numbers a and b,![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=04ab48db2a6385513b3391bf07d33cff.png\")
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(According to commutative property: ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=125b21471c9b0e6e53f53d059bddea29.png\")
)
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Associative Property of Addition:
\The way in which numbers are grouped and added does not change the sum.
\For any numbers a, b and c;![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=b59f5cff7fdaae5634efa2e5f6567b94.png\")
According to associative property, the statement can be written as
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(Add: ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=97bd7d9aea40cab4a67a3f89fc33a696.png\")
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The simplified expression is 37 + k.
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