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Mathematical Property of Process Order

A logistics manager is applying two successive cost adjustments to a shipping route: a fixed fuel surcharge, s(x)s(x), and a percentage distance discount, d(x)d(x). The manager finds that applying the surcharge before the discount results in a different total cost than applying the discount before the surcharge. Name the specific mathematical property of function composition that explains why the order of these two operations, (sd)(x)(s \circ d)(x) versus (ds)(x)(d \circ s)(x), affects the final result.

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