How do you find the additive and multiplicative inverse of -11?

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Meave60
Apr 21, 2017

See explanation.

Explanation:

The additive inverse of a number is a number that when added to the original number will equal #0#.

The additive inverse of #-11# is #11#.

#-11+11=0#

The multiplicative inverse is a number that when multiplied by the original number will equal #1#.

The multiplicative inverse of #-11# is #-1/11#.

#-11xx-1/11=1#

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