Any positive numbers opposite is the same number just as a negative.
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The answer depends on whether you mean additive opposite (TRUE) or multiplicative opposite (FALSE).
opposites somehow like a positive number is the opposite of a negative and a negative number is the opposite of a positive
The additive opposite is -8.
Negative in English terms means "opposite." Multiplication can represent "of". So, negative times negative is the "opposite of the opposite." And the opposite of an opposite is the same, hence positive, because "same" is the opposite of "opposite" and positive is the opposite of negative. So if you put it into English words, it actually makes some sense. In essence, negative and negative "cancel out."
It depends on what you mean by an opposite. Every real number has an additive opposite but 0 does not have a multiplicative opposite.