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The product of additive inverse and multiplicative inverse of -5 is ___

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Answer:

-1

Explanation:

the additive inverse of -5is5 because (-5+5=0) &

the multiplicative inverse of -5is 1/-5. because (-5*1/-5=1)

therefore 5*1/-5=5/1*1/-5

=5/-5

=-1

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