Associativity is not the same as commutativity, which addresses whether or not the order of two operands changes the result. For example, the order does not matter in the multiplication of real numbers, that is, a b = b a, so we say that the multiplication of real numbers is a commutative operation.
Answer this question, making sure that the answer is supposed by the text: does the associative property allow you to change the order in which you complete two operations?
no