Algebra: A Combined Approach (4th Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32172-639-1

Chapter 1 - Section 1.4 - Adding Real Numbers - Practice - Page 34: 16

Answer

-1.9

Work Step by Step

Two numbers that are the same distance from 0 but lie on opposite sides of 0 are called opposites of each other. We know that the opposite of a number $a$ is $-a$, because $a+(-a)=a-a=0$. Therefore, the opposite of 1.9 is -1.9, because $1.9+(-1.9)=1.9-1.9=0$.
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