The associative property states that the order in which the operations (of addition) are carried out does not matter.
So, (a + b) + c = a + (b + c) and so either can be written as a + b + c without ambiguity.
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46 + 15 = 15 + 46 is an example of the commutative property of addition.
zero property of addition
It is not clear from the question whether you mean the numbers can be in any order (commutative property) or the operation of addition can be in any order (associative property). Commmutativity: a+b = b+a Associativity (a+b)+c = a+(b+c)
You should state the property used, such as distributive property of multiplication over addition or addition property of equality, etc.
the associative property of addition means that changing the grouping of the addends doesn't affect the sum