Does the associative property always, sometimes, or never hold for subtraction? that include examples and counterexamples.

Need on this geometry question. explain how you did it.

The median of a data set is the measure of center that is found by adding the data values and dividing the total by the number of data values that is the value that occurs with the greatest frequency that is the value midway between the maximum and minimum values in the original data set that is the middle value when the original data values are arranged in order of increasing (or decreasing) magnitude

What should be done to both sides of the equation in order to solve -5m = -40? a) multiply by -5. b) divide by -5. c) multiply by -40. d) divide by -40.