Answer
No, there is no associative property for subtraction.
Work Step by Step
There is no associative property for subtraction, because (5 - 4) - 1 = 0, and 5 - (4 - 1) = 2, and 0 $\ne$ 2.
College Algebra (11th Edition)
by Lial, Margaret L.; Hornsby John; Schneider, David I.; Daniels, Callie
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0321671791
ISBN 13:
978-0-32167-179-0
Chapter R - Section R.2 - Real Numbers and Their Properties - R.2 Exercises - Page 18: 62
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