Question: How to test associativity?

How to test  associativity?

How to determine which of below has associativity?

 

The definition x*(y*z) = (x*y)*z.

asso := -(1/2)*(x+y+sqrt(x^2+2*x*y-3*y^2))/y;
asso := -(1/4)*(2*x+y+sqrt(4*x^2+4*x*y-7*y^2))/y;
asso := -(2*x+y)/(y+z);
asso := (1/2)*(-y-z+sqrt(y^2-2*z*y+z^2-8*z*x))/z;
asso := (1/2)*(-z+sqrt(z^2-4*z*x-4*z*y))/z;

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