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Question 326782
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find the additive and multiplicative inverse of the following:
5
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Any number added to its additive inverse equals zero, the Additive Identity. Therefore, the additive inverse of
is
.
Any number multiplied by its multiplicative inverse equals 1, the Multiplicative Identity. Therefore, the multiplicative inverse of
is
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