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What is the additive inverse of -5/7x?

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The additive inverse of a is denoted by unary minus: −a (see also § Relation to subtraction below). For example, the additive inverse of 7 is −7, because 7 + (−7) = 0, and the additive inverse of −0.3 is 0.3, because −0.3 + 0.3 = 0
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