If cba represents three numbers multiplied together, what property allows you to rearrange the factors to read abc?

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Kaylin Walker

4 May, 05:38

If cba represents three numbers multiplied together, what property allows you to rearrange the factors to read abc?

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Mauricio Reyes · Answer 1

Commutative property of multiplication states that u can " commute ", move around the numbers and get the same result.

Example : 1 * 2 * 3 = 3 * 2 * 1 ... they still equal no matter what order u put them in.

so cba = abc by commutative property of multiplication