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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 • May 6, 2020

Notice that the first and third terms are opposites; use the Commutative Property of addition to re-order the terms.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

Use the Commutative Property of addition to reorder so that like terms are together.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

Use the Commutative Property to rearrange the terms.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

Commutative therefore, they place in the equality of value of the things contracted for; And Distributive, in the distribution of equall benefit, to men of equall merit.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas