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[โ€“] MotoAsh@piefed.social 1 points 54 minutes ago (1 children)

True, but as with many things, something has to be the rule for processing it. For many teachers as I've heard, order of appearance is 'the rule' when commutative properties apply. ... at least until algebra demands simplification, but that's a different topic.

[โ€“] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 1 points 21 minutes ago

something has to be the rule for processing it

Well the rule is: any order goes. Summation is commutative.