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An operation (such as addition or multiplication) is said to be commutative over a set of members of a set (numbers) if for all operands, the answer is not altered by the order in which they appear.

Basically, for addition, that means 2 + 3 = 3 + 2 = 5

Subtraction is NOT commutative since 2 - 3 = -1 while 3 - 2 = 1, which is not the same.

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