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commutative

[kuh-myoo-tuh-tiv, kom-yuh-tey-tiv] / kəˈmyu tə tɪv, ˈkɒm yəˌteɪ tɪv /


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The commutative properties apply only to addition and multiplication!

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

We saw that subtraction and division were not commutative.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

Since changing the order of the subtraction did not give the same result, we know that subtraction is not commutative.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

In order to combine like terms in the next example, we will use the commutative property of addition to write the like terms together.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

Therefore the mean should also be observed in the same way in both distributive and commutative justice.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint