An architect is designing a gym for a new elementary
school. the gym will be 116 feet long and have an area of
6,960 square feet. what will be the width of the gym?

a. 83 ft

b. 30ft

c. 60ft

d. 50ft

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The answer would be c because if you try to divide it or multiply you’ll get one of the same answers .

This law is sometimes called the grouping property. as you can see, regardless of how the numbers are grouped, the answer is still 13. the associative law of multiplication is similar to the same law for addition. it says that no matter how you group numbers you are multiplying together, you will get the same answer.