Question

Determine if the following argument always applies, sometimes applies, or never applies. Provide at least 2 examples in your explanation.

"The sum of a number and its opposite is always 1."

Answer 1

Never applies

Explanation:

When we talk of the opposite of a number, we are simply referring to the additive inverse. which is the negative of whatever value that we have

So let’s add -2 to 2; that gives zero

let’s add -5 to 5 = 0

We can see that at all

points, the answer we are getting is zero