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The Commutative Properties

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The commutative properties say order does not change sums or products: a + b = b + a; ab = ba.

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3 + 7 and 7 + 3 land on 10; 4 · 6 and 6 · 4 land on 24.

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Subtraction and division do neither: 8 − 3 ≠ 3 − 8.

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