The associative property for rational numbers is applicable to:

Addition and Multiplication

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Multiplication and division

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Addition and subtraction

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Subtraction and Division

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Solution

The correct option is A Addition and Multiplication
As per associative property:

A + (B + C) = (A + B) + C

A × (B × C) = (A × B) × C

As we can see above associative property is only applicable to Addition and Multiplication.

Hence, option 'c' is correct.

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For each set of rational numbers, given below, verify the associative property of addition of rational numbers:
$(i) \frac{1}{2}, \frac{2}{3} and - \frac{1}{6} (i i) \frac{- 2}{5}, \frac{4}{15} and \frac{- 7}{10} (i i i) \frac{- 7}{9}, \frac{2}{- 3} and \frac{- 5}{18} (i v) - 1, \frac{5}{6} ~ a n d \frac{- 2}{3}$

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Q. The associative property is applicable to:

If a property holds for rational numbers, will it also hold for whole numbers? Explain in details.

	Rational Numbers	Integers
Closure
Addition
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Commutative
Associative
Distributive

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The associative property for rational numbers is applicable to:

The correct option is A Addition and MultiplicationAs per associative property: A + (B + C) = (A + B) + C A × (B × C) = (A × B) × C As we can see above associative property is only applicable to Addition and Multiplication. Hence, option 'c' is correct.

The correct option is A Addition and Multiplication
As per associative property:

A + (B + C) = (A + B) + C

A × (B × C) = (A × B) × C

As we can see above associative property is only applicable to Addition and Multiplication.

Hence, option 'c' is correct.