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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


(iv) Associative property of multiplication


(v) Distributive property of multiplication over addition

(i) a+b = b+a

(ii) ab = ba


(iii) a+(b+c) = (b+c)+a


(iv) a(bc) = (ab)c


(v) a(b+c) = ab+bc


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