Question

Describe the inverse properties of real numbers and provide examples. What is useful about the inverse properties of real numbers?
Start with definitions for identity elements and then define additive and multiplicative inverses. Discuss why 0 and 1 are important in this context. Tell how and why we use inverses.
What is an example of an operation and its "additive inverse" that you use in everyday life? ( for example walking one block north and then one block south, to get back to where you started)
What is an example of an operation and its multiplicative inverse that you use in everyday life?( for example to convert from feet to inches multiply by 12. To convert inches to feet: divide by 12 or multiply by 1/ 12)

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