Why is zero caleed the additive identity?

Answer 1

because when zero is added the value remains the same and does not change.that is why

Answer 2

The identity is the element in a set, associated with an operation on the elements on the set, such that when operated on any other element does not change the value of the other element.

In other words, for the set of real numbers, zero is the additive identity. It is the value that when added to any other real number does not change the value of the number.


The multiplicative identity is 1. You can multiply any number by 1 and the number will not change.

Answer 3

An identity for any operation is the thing which doesn't change what you start with. The identity for multiplication by a number is 1; the identity for adding to a number is 0.

Answer 4

By adding zero to any number yields the original number itself, hence it is called an additive identity.

It is similar to 1, which is the multiplicative identity. A number multiplied by 1 results in original number itself.

Hope it helps.

Answer 5

Because the Roman system ( not metric) is based on tens, and that zero will be your additive identity in case of tenths and tenths of hundreds, etc.

Answer 6

it is probably because any number or vector or matrix or any thing in a Real Vector Space plus 0 is itself.

additive comes from addition, as i said above, addition of some thing and 0 is itself

Answer 7

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