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OpenStudy (anonymous):

5 - (9 - 7) = (5 - 9) - 7 is an example of the associative property.

jhonyy9 (jhonyy9):

yes but those two parts not are equales because on the left part there are 5-(9-7) what will be equal with 5-9+7 and next equal there are (5-9)-7 what is equal 5-9-7 and now you can see that 5-9+7 not is equal with 5-9-7

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