Additive Inverses and Absolute Values

Key Questions

What is the additive inverse property?

Additive Inverse Property

For all element $a$ $a$ , there is a unique element $- a$ $-a$ such that

$a + (- a) = 0$ $a+(-a)=0$

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Wataru · 2 · Nov 6 2014
What are absolute values?

You can think of the absolute value sign as a negative sign eraser. It does not do anything to a nonnegative number but turns a negative number into the positive number having the same magnitude; for example, $| 2 | = 2$ $|2|=2$ and $| - 3 | = 3$ $|-3|=3$ .

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Wataru · 3 · Oct 25 2014

Questions

What are absolute values?
What is the absolute value of -10 and 10?
How do you know that the additive inverse of -20 is 20?
How do you evaluate $| 2 - 8 |$ $|2-8|$ ?
How do you simplify $- | - 1 |$ $-|-1|$ ?
What is the additive inverse property?
What is the absolute value of -9?
How do you simplify $x = - {| 6 |}^{2} - | - 4 + 7 | \cdot 7$ $x = - abs6^2 - abs(-4 + 7) *7$ ?
How do you simplify $| - 11 + 1 |$ $abs( -11 +1)$ ?
How do you simplify $| 6 | - | - 3 |$ $abs6-abs(-3)$ ?
How do you simplify $∣ ∣ ∣ \frac{1}{5} - \frac{1}{3} ∣ ∣ ∣$ $abs(1/5-1/3)$ ?
How do you simplify $\frac{5}{| - 2 |}$ $5/abs(-2)$ ?
How do you simplify $4 | 6 - 7 |$ $4abs(6-7)$ ?
How do you find the absolute value and the opposite of the integer 98?
What is the absolute value of Square root 2?
What is $| - 8 | + | 2 |$ $abs(-8)+abs2$ ?
What is $| - 9 |$ $abs(-9)$ ?
What is the inverse of the equation $y = 3 x + 2$ $y=3x+2$ ?
What is the opposite of -49?
How do you simplify $∣ ∣ 8 - \sqrt{289} ∣ ∣$ $|8-sqrt289|$ ?
How do you simplify $| 21 |$ $abs21$ ?
What is the inverse of the function $f (x) = 7 {log}_{4} (x + 3) - 2$ $f(x) = 7log_4(x+3) - 2$ ? It is $7 {log}_{4} (x + 3) - 2$ $7log_4 (x+3) - 2$ , if that clears any confusion.
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How do you find the additive and multiplicative inverse of 3?
How do you find the additive and multiplicative inverse of -11?
How do you find the additive and multiplicative inverse of 8?
How do you find the additive and multiplicative inverse of -0.5?
How do you find the additive and multiplicative inverse of 1.25?
How do you find the additive and multiplicative inverse of 5/9?
How do you find the additive and multiplicative inverse of -8/3?
How do you find the additive and multiplicative inverse of -1 1/5?
What will be the additive inverse of $(\sqrt{2}, \sqrt{3})$ $(sqrt2, sqrt3)$ ?
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How do you solve $y + 9.4 = - 12.2$ $y+9.4=-12.2$ ?
How do you find the opposite of the given number -11.5?
What is the solution to $16 = a - 4.2$ $16=a-4.2$ ?
How do you solve and graph $t + 17 \geq 1$ $t+17>=1$ ?

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Properties of Rational Numbers
Additive Inverses and Absolute Values
Addition of Integers
Addition of Rational Numbers
Subtraction of Rational Numbers
Multiplication of Rational Numbers
Mixed Numbers in Applications
Expressions and the Distributive Property
When to Use the Distributive Property
Division of Rational Numbers
Applications of Reciprocals
Square Roots and Irrational Numbers
Order of Real Numbers
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