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Additive opposites MUST have the same absolute values.

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What numbers have opposites that are the same as their absolute values?

All numbers have opposites that are the same as their absolute values.


What happens when you add two opposites together?

The absolute value of the answer is the difference between the absolute values of the two numbers and the sign associated with it is the same as that of the number with the greater absolute value.


How is absoulute value different from positive and negative integers?

The absolute value is always non-negative. So, the absolute values of zero and positive integers are the same as the numbers. However, the absolute values of negative integers are their additive inverses or additive opposites (or positive equivalents).Thus, for example, abs(-3) = +3


Do opposites have the same absolute value?

yes


Is two integers that are opposites have the same absolute value?

Yes.


Two numbers with the same absolute value but different signs?

opposites, additive inverses


What is the opposites word of same?

Different.


Is X is a rational number and Y is the opposite of X why do X and Y have the same absolute value?

X and Y have the same absolute value because the opposite of a number doesn't change its distance from zero. The absolute value of a number represents its distance from zero on the number line, and since X and Y are opposites, they have the same distance from zero.


What numbers have equal absolute values?

A positive and negative number with the same magnitude (value) will have their absolute values equal.


What are the two rules for adding integers?

If the signs are the same, add the absolute values and keep the sign. If the signs are different, subtract the lesser absolute value from the greater absolute value and keep the sign of the number with the greater absolute value.


What are the rules in adding subtracting multiplying and dividing integers?

Adding integers, if they have the same sign, add their absolute values and keep the same sign. Subtracting, change the sign of the 2nd number and the add using rules of addition. Multiplying and dividing, Divide the absolute values, if the signs are the same the answer is positive, if the signs are different the answer is negative.


Where rocks on opposites sides of a fault move in opposites directions or in the same direction at different rates?

strike slip fault