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Which of the following represents the additive inverse of 12? A. -(-12) B. 12 C. -12 D.

User Helio
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Answer:

Correct answer: C. -12

Explanation:

The additive inverse represents the number that would add to 0.If you went down to -12, that is 12 numbers under zero. If you were to add that +12, you would move back up 12 numbers, and that would leave you at the number 0.

Example:

12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

now go back -12

12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

now add a +12

12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

I am not sure if that makes enough since, I'm just trying to show how you can get it on a number line but since there is no actual number line tool, I had to do it that way.

Sorry if I'm wrong but I hope this helps!

Have a good day <3

User Troy Howard
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Answer:

The additive inverse of a number is what you add to it to get 0 and in this case that is -12.

User Veeraraghavan N
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