Question

can anyone explain what commutative, distributive and associative are?

Answer 1

sure, rules mind you, - things can be re ordered, - things can be (FOILed), - things can be grouped ...in short

Answer 2

that is?

Answer 3

Commutative Property Of Addition: b+a = a+b
Commutative Property Of Multiplication b*a = a*b

Associative Property Of Addition: (a+b)+c = a + (b+c)
Associative Property Of Multiplication: (a*b)*c = a*(b*c)

Distributive Property: a(b+c) = ab + bc

Answer 4

Did that help? Or did you need further explanation?

Answer 5

yea, thanks