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