commutative
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Since changing the order of the subtraction does not give the same result, we know that subtraction is not commutative.
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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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The commutative property has to do with order.
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Secondly, it may be considered in view of the form of judgment, in as much as, even in commutative justice, the judge takes from one and gives to another, and this belongs to distributive justice.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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