Properties Of Real Numbers Flashcards by Lane Houk | Brainscape

Q

Opposite or Additive Inverse

A

a is -a the sum of opposites is 0

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Reciprocal or Multiplicative Inverse

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Any nonzero number is 1/a The product of reciprocals is 1

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Absolute Value of a real number

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The distance of 0 on a number line

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