Relation between $\vec{a}\times\left(\vec{b}\times\vec{c}\right)$ and $\left(\vec{a}\times\vec{b}\right)\times\vec{c}$

Question

The operation $\vec{a}\times\left(\vec{b}\times\vec{c}\right)$ can be simplified to $\vec{b}\left(\vec{a}\cdot\vec{c}\right) - \vec{c}\left(\vec{a}\cdot\vec{b}\right)$ and can easily be remembered by the mnemonic "BAC minus CAB".

However what does the operation $\left(\vec{a}\times\vec{b}\right)\times\vec{c}$ lead to? And can it be simplified? Cross product is generally not associative.

Answer 1

$$(\vec a\times \vec b)\times\vec c=-\vec c\times (\vec a\times \vec b)=\vec c\times(\vec b \times \vec a)=\vec b(\vec c\cdot\vec a)-\vec a(\vec c\cdot \vec b).$$