alleryStart learning →Adding 0 to -47 leaves the number unchanged, so 0 is called the:
AAscending order
BAdditive identity
CAdditive inverse
DAbsolute value
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Additive identity
1. An identity leaves the other number exactly as it was.
2. Zero does this for addition of integers.
3. So zero is the additive identity.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics Class VII, Chapter 1, Integers._
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