Exercise · ZW-BINARY-OPERATION-007 · ★★☆ Intermediate
Associativity is written as...
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- D. (a∗b)∗c = a∗(b∗c)
Explanation
Associativity is written \( (a \ast b) \ast c = a \ast (b \ast c) \) and allows writing \( a \ast b \ast c \) without parentheses. The equality \( a \ast b = b \ast a \) is commutativity, not associativity.
Review the concept: Binary operation
A binary operation on a set G is a function that takes any two elements of G and returns an element of G.
\[\ast:G\times G\to G\]
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