The operations addition and multiplication are commutative as well as associative.

True

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False

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The correct option is A True

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Q. Express the following properties with variables x, y and z.
(i) Commutative property of addition
(ii) Commutative property of multiplication
(iii) Associative property of addition
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(v) Distributive property of multiplication over addition

Q. Mention the closure property, associative law, commutative law, existance of identity, existance of inverse of each real number for each of the operations (i) addition (ii) multiplication on real numbers.

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(C) Addition and multiplication both are commutative for whole numbers.
(D) Multiplication is distributive over addition for whole numbers.

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