Question

What is the additive inverse of 17 and -95.

Answer 1

Additive inverse of a number 'a' is defined as the number which when added to it yields zero.

Hence, additive inverse of 17 is -17.
Since, 17 + (-17) = 0$\left[1mark\right]$

Similarly, additive inverse of -95 is 95.
Since, (-95) + 95 = 0$\left[1mark\right]$