Explain how to use the associative property of multiplication to simplify the following expression and find the final value: (2 * 8) *5 please don't answer with files they don't work i will try to mark who ever get it correct brainliest

The associative property of multiplication deals with moving the parentheses around different terms. The numbers remain in the same order. If you move the numbers’ order around, you’re using the commutative property. (They “commute” to a different place in the expression).

So 2(8 * 5) is regrouped and simplified
2(8 * 5) = 2(40) = 80

(5*8)*2
(2*5)*8

They all equal 80.

Just switch the numbers in the numerical expression.