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Q: An example of binary operation which is commutative but not associative?
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What is the difference between Identity Property Commutative Property Associative Property Distributive Property?

These are properties of algebraic structures with binary operations such as addition and/or subtraction defined on the set.The identity property, refers to a unique element of the set with special properties with respect to an operation.The commutative property states that the order of the operands does not matter. There are many algebraic structures where this property does not hold. The set of numbers with the operation subtraction or division do not have this property.The associative property states that the order in which a repeated operation is carried out does not matter.The distributive property is applicable when there are two binary operations defined on the set.


What is ring and group in algebra?

Rings and Groups are algebraic structures. A Groupis a set of elements (numbers) with a binary operation (addition) that combines any two elements in the set to form a third element which is also in the set. The Group satisfies four axioms: closure, associativity, identity and invertibility. In addition, it is a Ring if it is Abelian group (that is, addition is commutative) and it has a second binary operation (multiplication) that is defined on its elements. This second operation is distributive over the first.


What is the definition of associative property?

The associative property of a binary operator denoted by ~ states that form any three numbers a, b and c, (a ~ b) ~ c = a ~ (b ~ c) and so we can write either as a ~ b ~ c without ambiguity. The associative property of means that you can change the grouping of the expression and still have the same result. Addition and multiplication of numbers are associative, subtraction and division are not.


What is the communitive property in algebra?

All of the underneath is utter ignorance. Communitive means "of or belonging to a community" and has no algebraic meaning whatsoever.* * * * *The Communitive Property shows that a problem can have the same answer if you re-arrange the numbersCommunitive propertyA+B= B+AIt will not matter in addition how you group your numbers.Example: 5+3 + 6 =146+3+5 = 14In abstract algebra, a binary operation * has the commutative property ifa*b = b*a.For ordinary numbers, addition has the commutative property; for example 2+3 = 3+2.Subtraction does not have the commutative property, because 2 - 3 does not equal 3 - 2.Multiplication of ordinary numbers has the commutative property, as does multiplication of complex numbers.Matrix multiplication does not have the commutative property in general; there are matrices A, B such that A*B does not equal B*A.Also the vector cross product does not have the commutative property, asi x j = k, but j x i = -k.


What math property is 15x15?

It is not a property. It is the binary operation called multiplication.