Decide whether the statement is an example of the commutative, associative, identity, inverse, or distributive property.
-( 7 .7) . 6 = 7 . ( 7 . 6)
A) Identity
B) Commutative
C) Distributive
D) Associative

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This is an example of the associative property, which states that when three or more numbers are multiplied, the way in which they are grouped does not change the product. In this case, grouping $7$ and $7$ together first and then multiplying by $6$ gives the same result as multiplying $7$ and $6$ first and then by $7$.

Decide Whether the Statement Is an Example of the Commutative