Complete the statements about the associative property and equivalent expressions.

The associative property allows us to change the grouping of the factors that are multiplied together to create ________
1. equibalent expression
2. operations
3. parentheses
4. variables

When changing the grouping, the order of the factors stays the same; only the change position.

The expression______ is an equivalent expression to w(xy)z.
1. w+x+y+z
2. w+xy+z
3. (wx)yz
4. wx + yz

The expression ________ is also an equivalent expression to w(xy)z.
1. 2wx(2yz)
2. wx(yz)
3. wx + yz
4. z+y+x+w