The Commutative Property of Addition states that the order in which you add two numbers does not affect the sum. In other words, for any two numbers (a) and (b):

$$a + b = b + a$$

Where:

• (a, b) = real numbers

For example:

$$3 + 5 = 5 + 3$$

Both expressions equal 8, demonstrating that the order of addition doesn’t change the result.

Latex

a + b = b + a