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The browser used by Answers.com is not up to the formatting, but consider 2 to the power 3 to the power 4.
(2 to the power 3) to the power 4 = 8 to the power 4 = 4096
while
2 to the power (3 to the power 4) = 2 to the power 81 = 3.9*10154 (approx).
These two values are not equal and this, therefore, acts as an example showing that exponentiation is not associative.
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What are the definitions of associative property?
The associative property is the property that a * (b * c) = (a * b) * c for any binary operation *. Addition and multiplication are associative, but these are definitely not the only two operations that obey this property.
What operation are not associative?
Of the five common operations addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and power, both addition and multiplication are commutative, as well as associative. The other operations are neither.
What is the mathematic operation that undoes another mathematic operation?
An inverse operation undoes it's composite operation. For example, Addition and Subtraction are inverses of each other, as are Multiplication and Division, as are Exponentiation and Logarithms, as are Sine and ArcSine, Cosine and ArcCosine, Tangent and ArcTangent, Secant and ArcSecant, Cosecant and ArcCosecant, and Cotangent and ArcCotangent
Division of whole numbers is associative?
No it is not an associative property.
Does the associative property apply to division?
there is not division for the associative property
