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An operations analyst is documenting a fuel efficiency formula that requires simplifying the expression (3x2)(4x3)(3x^2)(-4x^3). The analyst's first step is to rearrange the expression as 3(4)x2x33 \cdot (-4) \cdot x^2 \cdot x^3 to group the numbers together. Which mathematical property justifies this rearrangement of factors?

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