When a number is added to its additive inverse, the result is always 0.
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The number 0 (zero) is the alpha and the omega when it comes to neutrality. It always was, is, and always will be neutral. 0 (zero) is neither positive nor negative. Thus, the additive or negative inverse of 0 (zero) is 0 (zero).
0. By the definition of "additive inverse", the sum of ANY number and its additive inverse must be 0.
-27's additive inverse is 27 because when you add them together you get the additive identity, 0.
The additive inverse of -34 is the number you need to add to -34 to get 0 i.e. 34.
additive inverse is when in an equation there is a plus zero. you automatically know that anything plus 0 is still that number, so that is additive identity.