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Q: What does it mean for two integers to be opposites?
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What is the sum of two integers that are opposites justify the answer?

It is zero and that is simply because that is how additive opposites are defined.


What is the set of counting numbers and their opposites?

The answer depends on what is meant by "their opposites". If you mean additive opposites then the set is of all non-zero integers.


What do you know about two different integers that are opposites?

Their total is zero.


Is two integers that are opposites have the same absolute value?

Yes.


What is a set of whole numbers and their opposites?

The two sets are the same: the set of integers.


What does it integers mean in algebra?

Counting numbers are 1,2,3.... If you include 0 and the opposites .... -3,-2,-1, 0,1,2,3 .... this creates the integers. Integers do not include decimals or fractions.


Is integers whole numbers and their opposites?

Integers are whole numbers without decimals or fractions.


The set of integers contains whole number and their?

Opposites


What is the name of a set of whole numbers and there opposites?

INTEGERS


What do you call the set off whole numbers and their opposites?

integers


The set of whole numbers and there opposites?

The question cannot be answered sensibly for two main reasons.First, the question mentions "there opposites" but does not specify WHERE the "there" refers to. Second, opposites are defined in the context of some operation. The opposite of 3 with respect to addition is -3 while the opposite with respect to multiplication is 1/3. There are other operations which will give yet more "opposites". There is no way of determining which one you mean.


Can you use opposites in a sentence?

If you mean the word itself, your question is an example. If you mean two opposite things, then "up and down are opposites"