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how do you identify opposite and absolute value of a rational number
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When are th absolute value and the opposites of a rational number equal?
When the numbers are negative
What are rational numbers and their opposites called?
They are called rational numbers. The set of rational numbers contains the opposites of its members.
What numbers have opposites that are the same as their absolute values?
All numbers have opposites that are the same as their absolute values.
Whole numbers and their opposites?
rational
Are rational numbers also integers?
Yes. Integers are whole numbers and their opposites. Rational numbers are numbers that can be written as a fraction. This includes decimals that terminate and repeat.
How do you identify the opposite and the absolute values of a rational numbers?
An "opposite" is not a well defined term since there are additive opposites and multiplicative opposites and you have not specified which one.The absolute value of a rational number is the value of the number with a positive sign.Thus (abs(5/7) = 5/7and abs(-5/7) = 5/7
Are all integers also rational numbers?
Yes. Integers are whole numbers and their opposites. Rational numbers are numbers that can be written as a fraction. This includes decimals that terminate and repeat.
How do you identify absolute value of rational numbers?
The absolute value of a number may be thought of as its distance from zero. In mathematics, the absolute value of a real number x is the non-negative value of x without regard to its sign.
What numbers have opposites that are different from their absolute value?
Find the absolute value of -3 plus the opposite of -3?
What is a rational number whose opposite and absolute value are the same?
They are all non-positive rational numbers.
Can't two different rational numbers have the same absolute value?
Yes, they can. If x is a non-zero rational number then x and -x will have the same absolute value.
What happens when you add two opposites together?
The absolute value of the answer is the difference between the absolute values of the two numbers and the sign associated with it is the same as that of the number with the greater absolute value.
