What effect does adding 0 to a real number have on the number?
Identity Property of Addition
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To identify the Property of Real Numbers being demonstrated by the given equation, we should first identify the operation being performed.
- x+0 = - x
In this case the terms are being added, and one of the terms is 0. Because addition of 0 to a real number has no effect on the value of the number, 0 is known as the Additive Identity. Therefore, the given equation demonstrates the Identity Property of Addition.