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Mr kenrick made three deposits to his account to his bank account in this order 460,185, and 240 show how to use a commutative property to find the sum of the deposits mentally

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Commutative property: when you have to solve a sum, it does not matter the order in which you place your addends, since you will always get the same result.
We have then:
(460 + 185) + 240 = 240 + (460 + 185) = 885
Answer:
(460 + 185) + 240 = 240 + (460 + 185) = 885
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