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Associative Property — Definition & Examples

By Liza Sulkin
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Some operations can have a specific order for evaluation. Left-associative operations are those that are evaluated from left to right; that is: x0□x1□x2□...□xnx_0\square x_1\square x_2\square ... \square x_n (...((x0□x1)□x2)□...)□xn(...((x_0\square x_1)\square x_2)\square ...)\square x_n will always be equivalent for the operation □\square. Right-associative operations are similarly defined for evaluation from right to left.

When we talk about associative operations such as addition and multiplication, then they are also...

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