Question

example of why division is not associative.

Answer 1

Same idea with subtraction


Use the same 3 numbers if you want


3/(6/8) = 3/(0.75) = 4

but

(3/6)/8 = (1/2)/8 = 1/16


So \[\large \frac{3}{\frac{6}{8}}\neq \frac{\frac{3}{6}}{8}\]

which shows us that division is not associative

Answer 2

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