👉 The term "associativity" refers to a property of an operation that allows for its application to two or more operands. In mathematical notation, it can be expressed as:
```
(a + b)
c = a
(b + c)
```
This means that when you apply the operation associatively, the result is simply the first operand multiplied by the second operand plus the third operand.
For example, if you have two numbers, \(a\) and \(b\), and an