a side of a square is 12cm. the midpoints of its sides are joined to form and inscribed square and this process is continued. find the sum of the perimeters of the squares if this process is continued without end.

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.