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TheLittleFaerie · 04-15-2021, 06:17 AM

Would the opposite of 10 be -10 or 0.10?

icecream · 04-17-2021, 02:02 AM

-10

OH Nuts! · 04-17-2021, 04:01 AM

It depends which “opposite” you mean

The additive inverse of 10 is -10

The multiplicative inverse of 10 is .10

TheLittleFaerie · 05-02-2021, 02:20 AM

I just ask because we were discussing the concept of the smallest number.... even though there is no "smallest" number because you can also go smaller, BUT if there was a concept of one.... someone said it would be 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000......... with an infinite number of 0s eventually being followed by a 1 being at the "end". But I was saying it would be an infinitely small negative number.

04-15-2021, 06:17 AM	#1
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icecream Cat-tastic and Whiskerlicious Forum Celebrity Join Date: Sep 01, 2006 Location: The Catacombs Posts: 20,706	-10
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04-17-2021, 04:01 AM	#3
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	It depends which “opposite” you mean The additive inverse of 10 is -10 The multiplicative inverse of 10 is .10

05-02-2021, 02:20 AM	#4
TheLittleFaerie Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 15, 2017 Posts: 1,948	I just ask because we were discussing the concept of the smallest number.... even though there is no "smallest" number because you can also go smaller, BUT if there was a concept of one.... someone said it would be 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000......... with an infinite number of 0s eventually being followed by a 1 being at the "end". But I was saying it would be an infinitely small negative number.