The statement is “
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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;
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(According to commutative property:
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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;
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According to associative property of multiplication, the statement can be written as
\
(Add:
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The simplified expression is
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