Question 201208
Name the property illustrated. 
8 ∙ 7 = 7 ∙ 8

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It's called the "COMMUTATIVE" property because

in order to make

8 &#8729; 7

into

7 &#8729; 8

the 8 on the left COMMUTES over to the right where the
7 was previously, while the 7 COMMUTES over to the left 
where the 8 was previously.  So they call the fact that
you can swap them and still get the same answer, 56, the
COMMUTATIVE property.

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Incidentally, COMMUTATIVE is also a property of addition,

because

7 + 8

and

8 + 7

are both 15.

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However, COMMUTATIVE is NOT a property of division, because

6 ÷ 3

is 2, but 

3 ÷ 6

is not 2, but {{{1/2}}}.

Edwin</pre>