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Is losing $20, the same as gaining $20?
Is driving 50 miles North the same as driving 50 miles South?
Of course not!!
Negative numbers are not the same as positive numbers!!
True, but that does not apply to all numbers:
0 is the same as its additive inverse.
1 and -1 are the same as their multiplicative inverses.
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What can you say about the sum of a number and its opposite?
They equal zero.
When it went off absolute value and the opposite of a rational number equal?
When the number is non-positive.
What are all the shapes that have opposite angels congruent?
Any regular polygon with an even number of sides will have opposite angles of equal measure.
Are opposite angles equal?
yes opposite angles are equal
Why is the sum of a rational number and it's opposite always equal to 0?
Because the opposite of 8 for example is -8 and 8+(-8) = 0
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