| Is the Operation Commutative? | |||
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| Read Scenarios A and B in each row. Determine if the answers to the two scenarios are equal and then choose the correct reason. (Note: A binary operation is commutative if reversing the order of the two numbers in which you are performing the operations doesn't change the resulting answer.) |
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| Scenario A | Scenario B | Are the numerical answers to A and B equal? | Select the correct reason |
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