SOLUTION: explain resoning to say that 1/7 and -1/7 are opposites?

SOLUTION: explain resoning to say that 1/7 and -1/7 are opposites?

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Question 141982: explain resoning to say that 1/7 and -1/7 are opposites?

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/7 is a certain distance to the right of zero on a number line;
-1/7 is the same distance from zero but to the left.
In that sense they are opposite.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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