commutative
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In your own words, state the commutative property of addition.
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In order to combine like terms in the next example, we will use the commutative property of addition to write the like terms together.
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When we have to simplify algebraic expressions, we can often make the work easier by applying the commutative or associative property first, instead of automatically following the order of operations.
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Since changing the order of the subtraction did not give the same result, we know that subtraction is not commutative.
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Objection 1: It would seem that the two species of justice are unsuitably assigned, viz. distributive and commutative.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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