commutative
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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
The commutative property has to do with order.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
For instance, consider We begin by using the associative and commutative properties of multiplication to regroup the factors.
From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015
An indication of the specific difference between distributive and commutative justice is that the same individual may be just in private matters and unjust in public matters.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
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