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”
Associative property of addition:
\The way in which numbers are grouped when 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, the statement can be written as
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\
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(Add: ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=198102edc7a7e92002a6bb7a25de9b50.png\")
)
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(Add: ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=e34ee24549298b4e4c4e657deef001f8.png\")
) ![\"\"](\"http://www.mathskey.com/userfiles/image/steps_images/solution.JPG\")
The sum is 58.