because of how the number zero works in division
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No you can not use subtraction or division in the associative property.
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No, because division is not an associative operation.
Division (and subtraction, for that matter) is not associative. Here is an example to show that it is not associative: (8/4)/2 = 2/2 = 1 8/(4/2) = 8/2 = 4 Addition and multiplication are the only two arithmetic operations that have the associative property.