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What factor makes the number sentence true 7×4 = ?×7

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The answer is 4. According to the commutative property, you can commutate (swap) numbers over and get the same result. However, it only works for addition and multiplication. For instance, x + y = y + x. Or, x * y = y * x. In our example, we have 7 * 4 = ? * 7. Because we already have 7 on the right side of the expression, the missing number will be 4.
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