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Use the Associative Property to Simplify

publish date: 2026/05/10 01:12:6.590372 UTC

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Find the product by regrouping: \((17 \times 50) \times 2\)

1,500

1,600

1,700

1,800

1,700

Regroup 50 and 2 first using the associative property:

\[(17 \times 50) \times 2 = 17 \times (50 \times 2) = 17 \times 100 = 1{,}700\]

Pairing 50 and 2 gives a convenient 100, making the final multiplication easy.

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