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Santa seated his guests so that X number of people sat at each of Y number of tables. Mrs. Claus placed Y number of people at each table, but she had X number of tables. Compare the number of guests Santa and Mrs. Claus were able to seat. ​

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Answer:

  they are the same

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of guests seated were, in each case, ...

  (guests per table) × (number of tables)

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For Santa, this product is ...

  X × Y

For Mrs. Claus, this product is ...

  Y × X

The commutative property of multiplication tells you that ...

  XY = YX

The numbers of guests were the same.

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