Adding zero to any rational number leaves it unchanged, so zero is the additive:
AIteration
BInequality
CIdentity
DInterval
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Identity
1. The number comes back exactly as it was.
2. Nothing about it is altered.
3. So zero is the additive identity.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics Class VIII, Chapter 1, Rational Numbers._
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