Abstract Algebra, The group of symmetries of a line.

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Consider the group of symmetries of a line and let $I$ be the trivial symmetry

  1. Is this group commutative?
  2. Is there a symmetry $a\neq I$ such that $a^3 = I$?
  3. If you combine a translation and a rotation do you get new kind of symmetry or another kind of rotation or translation?
  4. Is this group isomorphic to the group of symmetries of a circle?

This is very confusing, I know that I can use the number line as an example but how do I do that?