SOLUTION: What is the additive and multiplicative inverse of 1/2

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Question 1084045: What is the additive and multiplicative inverse of 1/2
Answer by ikleyn(52879) About Me  (Show Source):
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Additive inverse of 1%2F2 is -1%2F2.

Multiplicative inverse of 1%2F2 is 2. 

    In mathematics, the additive inverse of a number a is the number that, when added to a, yields zero.

    See this Wikipedia article  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_inverse



    A multiplicative inverse or reciprocal for a number x, denoted by 1/x or x−1, is a number 
    which when multiplied by x yields the multiplicative identity, 1.

    See this Wikipedia article  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplicative_inverse