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How do you identify the opposite number and the absolute value of a rational number?

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∙ 2016-09-20 23:27:54

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The opposite of any rational number, q is -q. Then if q >= 0 , its opposite and absolute value are both q.If q < 0 then -q > 0 and the opposite and absolute value are both -q.

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How do you identify opposite and absolute value of a rational number?

how do you identify opposite and absolute value of a rational number

How do you identify the opposite of the absolute value of a rational number?

The opposite of the absolute value of x is always -abs(x).

How do you identify the opposite and the absolute value of a rational number?

It would be a positive or negative number

How do you identify the opposite and absolute value of a rational number?

Suppose x is a rational number -x is the [additive] opposite of x.If x < 0 then -x > 0 so that the absolute value is -x (if x is negative then -x is positive).if x >= 0 then the absolute value is x.

When are the absolute value and the opposite of rational number equal?

When the number is 0.

How do you identity the opposite and the absolute value of a rational number?

The additive opposite of the rational number q is -q. One of q and -q must be non-negative and that is its absolute value.

What is absolute value of the opposite of a nonzero rational number?

The absolute value is always positive.

What is the additive inverse of a rational number?

It is the number with the same magnitude (absolute value) and the opposite sign.

What is a rational number whose opposite and absolute value are the same?

They are all non-positive rational numbers.

When it went off absolute value and the opposite of a rational number equal?

When the number is non-positive.

How do you identify the opposites and the absolute value of a rational number?

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

If x is a rational number a y is the opposite of x why do x and y have the same absolute value?

That is how absolute values are defined.

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