Question

50 Points!!! Is there a difference between the Additive Inverse and Additive Identity? If so, explain.

Answer 1

Additive inverse: add the inverse aka opposite (basically add a negative so if its negative it becomes positive and if positive it becomes negative) it will always equal zero.

a+(-a)=0

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Additive identity: add zero to the number to get itself.

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a+0=a

Answer 2

There is a difference between additive inverse and additive identity.

Explanation:

Additive inverse is the number added to get the result as zero. Additive identity is the value that is added to get the original number, which is zero.

Additive Inverse ~

ex. a+1=0

(additive inverse = a)

Additive inverse can be any number as long as the sum of the additive inverse and the other addend is 0.

Additive Identity

ex. 5+b=5

(additive identity = b)

The additive identity will always have to be 0.