eolas/Mathematics/Prealgebra/Additive_inverse_property.md
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categories:
- Mathematics
tags:
- theorems
- prealgebra
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**Let $a$ represent any member of $\mathbb{Z}$. Then there is a unique member of $\mathbb{Z}$ $-a$ such that:**
$$ a + (-a) = 0 $$
The sum of a number and it's negative (called **the additive inverse**) is always zero.