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The commutative properties only apply to addition and multiplication!

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

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

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

For instance, consider We begin by using the associative and commutative properties of multiplication to regroup the factors.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

In all these cases, however, repayment must be made on a basis of equality according to the requirements of commutative justice, namely that the meed of passion be equal to the action.

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