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No. Negative and positive are actually opposites.
Negative numbers are often used when there are opposites; in this case, one of the opposites is assigned positive numbers, the other, negative numbers. For example, you might:* Use positive numbers for positions above sea level, and negative for below sea level. * Use positive numbers for money you have in your bank account; negative numbers for money you owe others. * Use positive numbers for northern latitudes, and negative numbers for southern latitudes. Or vice versa. * There are lots of other situations where opposites are involved, but you probably get the idea.
opposites somehow like a positive number is the opposite of a negative and a negative number is the opposite of a positive
The separater to make the negative and positive numbers opposites?
The set of integers (ℤ) is the set of the positive whole numbers and their additive opposites (the negative whole numbers).