SOLUTION: how can you use the communitive property to solve this problem 4*2

Question 256173: how can you use the communitive property to solve this problem 4*2
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Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The commutative property states
a*b = b*a
we have 4*2 = 2*4 = 8.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I don't know what a "communitive" property is. Now there is Community Property, which is that which is owned by both husband and wife in some states. But I don't think that is what you mean. Then there is the Commutative Property of Multiplication which says that the order of factors in a multiplication doesn't matter. You would not use the Commutative Property to solve a multiplication product such as . You would use the Commutative Property to assure yourself that the result is 8 regardless of whether you perform or

John

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