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Problems Involving Difference of Positive and Negative Numbers

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The additive inverse of −6 is
(a) $\frac{1}{6}$
(b) $- \frac{1}{6}$
(c) 6
(d) 5

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Solution

(c) 6

The additive inverse of any integer a is −a.
Thus, the additive inverse of −6 is 6.

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