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Ajay Padala asked Jun 15, 2023

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How do you know two numbers are opposites?

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if they have the same absolute value but different signs. Opposites are the same distance from 0 on a number line, and they are on opposite sides of 0. The opposite of 0 is 0

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if they have the same absolute value but different signs.

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