document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=151602>Question 151602</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if (7+4) x 2 = (4+7) x2, then this is by the commutative law of addition.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "at first it looks like the distributive law of multiplication with respect to addition, but, in fact, the only difference in the two equations is that the 7+4 becomes 4+7 or a+b=b+a, which means the law that applies here is the commutative law of addition.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "is this correct? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #112893 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ALG105><B>ALG105(1)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ALG105><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ALG105><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=112893\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Yes it is correct because when you are changing the order it is communitive property but it being exactly the same would make it reflexive </SPAN>\n" );
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