Groups of Pemutations

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I am having a difficult time with the following question:

Find a four element abelian subgroup of S5 and then write its table.

I am lost as to where to start. Do I arbitrarily choose 4 elements of S5 = (1,2,3,4,5)? Any assistance will help!

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Two examples giving two different (up to isomorphism) groups with four elements:

$$H:=\langle (1234)\rangle\;,\;\;K:=\langle (12)(34)\,,\,(13)(24)\rangle$$

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Hint: what are some abelian groups of order $4$ you know about? (There are only two.)

Try to realize them as subgroups of $S_4$. Consider cycles and disjointness.