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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.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

The commutative properties only apply to addition and multiplication!

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

We have seen that vector addition in two dimensions satisfies the commutative, associative, and additive inverse properties.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Addition of vectors is commutative such that A + B = B + A .

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

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