Which example illustrates the associative property of addition for polynomials?

The associative property changes the grouping of addends without changing their order: (a + b) + c = a + (b + c). Choice A changes the grouping of the three polynomial expressions while keeping them in the same order. The other choices either switch the order of addends, which illustrates commutativity, or reorder terms within the polynomials.

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