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Understanding the Commutative Property in Financial Records

A junior accountant is reviewing a project invoice and notices that adding the 'Service Fee' to the 'Labor Cost' results in the same total as adding the 'Labor Cost' to the 'Service Fee.' Define the Commutative Property of Addition and explain how its root word, 'commute,' describes the way these two values can be handled during the calculation.

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