The inverse operation for subtract 5 is add 5.
This is because whatever number you start with,
if you first "subtract 5" and then "add 5" or
if you first "add 5" and then "subtract 5"
you are back to the number you started with.
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It is a second operation that "undoes" the first.For example, the inverse of "add 2" is "subtract 2";the inverse of "divide by 7" is "multiply by 7";the inverse of "take the reciprocal" is "take the reciprocal".
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What is exercise 5 that would be easier
3020 is a number, not an operation. A number cannot have an inverse operation.
"opposite" operation. The inverse of subtraction is addition; the inverse operation of multiplication is division.