Explain why the commutative property of addition does not work for subtraction?

Can someone explain the elimination method to me for this problem?

Malia is observing the velocity of a cyclist at different times. after two hours, the velocity of the cyclist is 15 km/h. after five hours, the velocity of the cyclist is 12 km/h. part a: write an equation in two variables in the standard form that can be used to describe the velocity of the cyclist at different times. show your work and define the variables used. (5 points) part b: how can you graph the equations obtained in part a for the first 12 hours? (5 points) if you can try and make this as little confusing as you can

Ben wants to play a carnival game that costs $2. in his pocket he has 5 red tickets worth 35 cents each, and 15 blue tickets worth 10 cents each. which of the following systems of inequalities correctly represents the constraints on the variables in this problem? let represent the red tickets and b represent the blue tickets.