As far as positive numbers are concerned, the additive inverse of a positive number is a negative number with the same magnitude (i.e. the additive inverse of 5 is -5). It would be wrong to simply say that "negative" and "additive inverse" are correct, because the additive inverse of a negative number is a positive number.
There is a complement that when added equals one but you may be thinking of multiplying. A number times its reciprocal (multiplicative inverse) is equal to one. A number added to its additive inverse (opposite) is equal to zero.
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the reciprocal
It's Inverse
Another name for the opposite of a number is Additive Inverse.
As far as positive numbers are concerned, the additive inverse of a positive number is a negative number with the same magnitude (i.e. the additive inverse of 5 is -5). It would be wrong to simply say that "negative" and "additive inverse" are correct, because the additive inverse of a negative number is a positive number.
The additive inverse of -10 is +10
Additive inverse: -2.5 Multiplicative inverse: 0.4
opposite
There is a complement that when added equals one but you may be thinking of multiplying. A number times its reciprocal (multiplicative inverse) is equal to one. A number added to its additive inverse (opposite) is equal to zero.
positive 23
the reciprocal
It's Inverse
The inverse of multiplication is division. * * * * * The inverse of the operation of multiplication is division, as stated in the above answer, but another name for the multiplicative inverse is a reciprocal.
Another name for a multiplicative inverse is a reciprocal.
Another name for multiplicative inverse is reciprocal. Basically, you write the number as a fraction and you reverse the numerator and the denominator. In this case, the multiplicative inverse is 1/5340.