The document outlines basic identities and properties of addition and multiplication of real numbers. It states that the sum or difference of two real numbers is a real number (closure property of addition). It also defines additive and multiplicative identities and inverses, and states properties like commutativity, associativity, and distributivity that apply to both addition and multiplication of real numbers.
The document outlines basic identities and properties of addition and multiplication of real numbers. It states that the sum or difference of two real numbers is a real number (closure property of addition). It also defines additive and multiplicative identities and inverses, and states properties like commutativity, associativity, and distributivity that apply to both addition and multiplication of real numbers.
The document outlines basic identities and properties of addition and multiplication of real numbers. It states that the sum or difference of two real numbers is a real number (closure property of addition). It also defines additive and multiplicative identities and inverses, and states properties like commutativity, associativity, and distributivity that apply to both addition and multiplication of real numbers.
The document outlines basic identities and properties of addition and multiplication of real numbers. It states that the sum or difference of two real numbers is a real number (closure property of addition). It also defines additive and multiplicative identities and inverses, and states properties like commutativity, associativity, and distributivity that apply to both addition and multiplication of real numbers.
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Basic Identities:
Closure Property of Addition
Sum (or difference) of 2 real numbers equals a real number Additive Identity a+0=a Additive Inverse a + (-a) = 0 Associative of Addition (a + b) + c = a + (b + c) Commutative of Addition a+b=b+a Definition of Subtraction a - b = a + (-b)
Closure Property of Multiplication
Product (or quotient if denominator 0) of 2 reals equals a real number Multiplicative Identity a*1=a Multiplicative Inverse a * (1/a) = 1
(a 0)
(Multiplication times 0) a*0=0 Associative of Multiplication
(a * b) * c = a * (b * c) Commutative of Multiplication a*b=b*a Distributive Law a(b + c) = ab + ac Definition of Division a / b = a(1/b)
