Does the associative property always, sometimes, or never hold for subtraction? explain your reasoning using examples and counterexamples

Steve had 48 chocolates but he decided to give 8 chocolats to each of his f coworkers. how many chocolates does steve have left

Aflagpole broke in a storm. it was originally 8 1 81 feet tall. 2 8 28 feet are still sticking straight out of the ground, where it snapped, but the remaining piece has hinged over and touches the ground some distance away. how far away is the end of the pole from the base of the pole along the ground?

Similarly fie each expression 18,19,20