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Variables stand for real numbers, so they follow the properties of real numbers. Multiplication is commutative: changing the order of the factors does not change the product, as in 2 × 3 = 3 × 2. Division is not commutative: 6 ÷ 3 = 2, but 3 ÷ 6 = 1/2.

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