What is meant by the term commutative in algebra? Explain along with an example.

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What is meant by the term commutative in algebra? Explain along with an example. 

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 The Commutative property in algebra states that order does not matter.

In other words, if ‘*’ is an operation and a*b = b*a for all a and b, then * is a commutative.

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