Movie ticket prices have been on a steady rise the past few years. Five years ago the ticket price was p = price. Two years ago prices increased by $2 a ticket and this year they have increased by $1. The ticket price change could be expressed as (p + 2) + 1.


Use the associative property to write an equivalent expression.

Ap = 2 + 1
Bp + (2 + 1)
C2p + 1
Dp(2 + 1)