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document.write( "    In mathematics, the additive inverse of a number a is the number that, when added to a, yields zero.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    See this Wikipedia article  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_inverse\r\n" );
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document.write( "    A multiplicative inverse or reciprocal for a number x, denoted by 1/x or x−1, is a number \r\n" );
document.write( "    which when multiplied by x yields the multiplicative identity, 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    See this Wikipedia article  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplicative_inverse\r\n" );
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