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Groups and the Group Axioms · Challenge problem

Using the S3S_3 labeling from the lesson, the socks-and-shoes rule gives (r∗s)∗(s−1∗r−1)=e(r*s)*(s^{-1}*r^{-1})=e. If the two inverse factors are multiplied in the WRONG order instead, what is (r∗s)∗(r−1∗s−1)(r*s)*(r^{-1}*s^{-1})?