document.write( "Question 640598: Can 1 be an additive identity? and why? pleaaaaase!!!:) \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "An additive identity,

, is a number such that

. That means if you can find any number

where

, then 1 is NOT an additive identity.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let

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therefore...what?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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