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Arianna runs up 4 flights of stairs and then runs down 4 flights of stairs. does this situation represent additive inverses? explain.

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Arianna running up 4 stairs, then down 4, is a good example of additive inverses. If you have 19 oranges, and take 19 away, that is also an example. Additive inverses is when you add something, the sum gets taken away.
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