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For any real number a, -a is its opposite, meaning a + (-a) = 0. The reciprocal of a is $\"1%2Fa\"$ , and the reciprocal of -a is $\"1%2F%28-a%29\"$ , but $\"1%2F%28-a%29=%28-1%29%2Fa=-1%2Fa\"$ and $\"1%2Fa%2B%28-1%2Fa%29=0\"$ . \n" ); document.write( "

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