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It depends on how your looking at it.
If you mean for the middle to be zero, than it has no opposite. It is right in the middle of the number line.
However, if the middle is 1 (Like with division) than the opposite of zero is infinity. To explain, we will use the fraction 1/x. The smaller x is, the larger the number turns out to be.
x = 5, 1/x = .2
x = 1, 1/x = 1
x = .05, 1/x = 20
So, we must assume that when you divide 1 by zero, the number with the smallest absolute value, the answer must be the biggest it can possibly get. It must be infinity.
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In binary computing, the opposite of zero (off) is one (on). But they are not additive opposites. Zero may be considered it's own additive opposite, as only zero plus zero can equal zero.
Well, isn't that a happy little question! The opposite of -0 is simply 0. You see, when we have a negative zero, it's still just zero at the end of the day. So let's paint a beautiful picture together with positive numbers and leave those negative zeros behind.
But it IS its own ADDITIVE opposite.
They are 0 which is its own additive opposite. 0 does not have a multiplicative opposite.
0 as the opposite of 3 is -3. 3+ (-3) = 0
Zero is the only number that's its own opposite. While 0 is technically not signed (it's neither positive nor negative), it meets the definition for being its own opposite because 0 + 0 = 0.
Because the opposite of 8 for example is -8 and 8+(-8) = 0