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\
The statement is “![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=902b929285d6212f98273bf4ee531524.png\")
”
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=63b30614ae855254f4086bd0186079d1.png\")
According to associative property
\![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=2180989353a03d6b41f665e9078af23b.png\")
![\"\"](\"/userfiles/image/steps_images/step2.JPG\")
![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=7bbde10b02760ea69e7bac7d82f41e67.png\")
(Add:![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=4275d77ceba8d9ffa9db91525f31518e.png\")
)
![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=03ce0b293cd48d666e114afcd001692d.png\")
(Subtract: ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=9bbb9dc8bebc8732512dff3be2f6df57.png\")
)
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The value of the expression is ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=b0f3d624a2871c7525ad71ceec47f4f9.png\")
.