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Which number is the additive inverse of -5

User Grokus
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The answer is 5 since it is the additive inverse.
User DumbPy
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the simple answer would be 5 because te additive inverse means the opposite of what the number is and the opposite of -5 is 5, also you can think of it as what can you add to -5 to get 0 and your answer would be 5
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