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TaigaThe opposite number of 9 is -9. In mathematics, the opposite of a number is the same distance from zero on the number line, but in the opposite direction. This is denoted by adding a negative sign in front of the number, indicating its direction opposite to the original number.
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What number will be opposite the 6?
9
What is the opposite of nine?
The number (-9) is the additive inverse of 9.Inverse operations can also be used to find the additive inverse of a specific number. For example, -9 is the additive inverse of 9 since the sum of -9 and 9 is 0. Additive inverses come in pairs; 9 is the additive inverse of -9, just as -9 is the additive inverse of 9. Any two numbers are additive inverses if they add up to 0.Visualize a pair of additive inverses on the number line. The number 9 and its additive inverse -9 are both nine units away from 0 but on opposite sides of 0. For this reason, -9 is called the opposite of 9, and 9 is the opposite of -9. The opposite of a number may be positive or negative.
Six times a number is 35 greater than the opposite of the number. What is the number?
9
What is the opposite of a double negative?
A negative number. (ex. -9)
Does every number have an opposite?
It depends on what you mean by an opposite. Every real number has an additive opposite but 0 does not have a multiplicative opposite.
