When changing the grouping, the order of the factors stays the same; only the change position.

Changing the grouping of factors while keeping them in the same order means moving the parentheses. For example, (2 × 3) × 4 becomes 2 × (3 × 4); the factors stay in order, but the parentheses change position. The correct choice is parentheses.

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