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Use the commutative property to solve for m

548+m=321+548

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An operation @ is commutative if a@b is the same as b@a. In your problem, using the fact that '+' is commutative, the left hand side can be rewritten as m + 548. This then makes the expression m + 548 = 321 + 548, therefore m must be 321.

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