Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Overview of the Additive Identity
Description
A detailed tutorial on how to solve equations using the additive inverse. Step by step tutorial including several examples of how to solve equations with the additive inverse for reference.
Overview
The additive inverse is the inverse of the additive identity – which should be very easy to guess. However, the problem is not guessing the definition of the additive inverse – the problem is knowing what the inverse of the additive identity is. The additive identity states that any number plus zero equals itself. The additive inverse states that any positive number minus its true value or any negative number plus its true value is equal to zero – in other words, that two inverses together equal zero. You solve equations by using the additive inverse.
Tags: add, additive, arithmetic, basic, divide, equations, identity, inverse, itself, multiply, nothing, plus, property, same, subtract, zero
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Overview of the Additive Identity
Description
A detailed tutorial on the additive identity. Step by step tutorial including several examples of the additive identity for reference.
Overview
The additive identity is very similar to the zero properties of multiplication and addition. However, the additive property is only used with addition – which should be easy to tell from the name of this identity. The additive identity states that any number plus zero, or with zero added to it, is equal to itself. The additive property is one of the properties that all teachers expect you to already know, so it is important to learn it.
Tags: add, additive, arithmetic, basic, divide, identity, itself, multiply, nothing, plus, property, same, subtract, zero
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