A rectangle is formed with the base on the x-axis and the top corners on the function y = 36 – x What length and width should the rectangle have so that its area is a maximum?

This law is sometimes called the grouping property. as you can see, regardless of how the numbers are grouped, the answer is still 13. the associative law of multiplication is similar to the same law for addition. it says that no matter how you group numbers you are multiplying together, you will get the same answer.