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The opposite (or inverse) of a number can be defined in a number of different ways.

For example, the additive opposite of 4 is -4 but the multiplicative opposite of 4 is 1/4 or 0.25

Since the question concerns the product it would seem more appropriate to use the multiplicative opposite. Then, the product of a number and its opposite will be always 1.

Incidentally, the product of a number and its additive opposite will be the negative square of the number.

In neither case will it be zero.

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