Question 31

Fill in the blanks to make the statement true.

(-a) + b = b + additive inverse of ___ .

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Solution

Additive inverse is the negative of a number.
As we know, addition is commutative for integers, i.e. $- a + b = b + (- a)$
Now '-a' is the additive inverse of a. So, a will be the answer.

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