Multiply $5$ by $- 1$ . Is the product additive inverse of $5$ ?

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Solution

Given: Multiply $5$ by $- 1$
$\Rightarrow 5 \times - 1 = - 5$
In the second part of the question, it is asked whether the answer we got is the additive inverse of $5$ .
We know that, the additive inverse is nothing but the opposite of any numbers in terms of a sign or a number that when added to a given number gives zero.
Here $5 + (- 5) = 5 - 5 = 0$
Hence, Yes $- 5$ is the additive inverse of $5$ .

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