Question

Shen picks a rational number.What is true about the opposite of his number?

Answer 1

A lot depends upon your interpretation of "opposite."  Do you mean "reciprocal?"

If you give the number a, the reciprocal would be 1/a.  Is that what you mean?

Or do you mean "the number with opposite sign?"  If you give the number b, "the number with opposite sign" would be -b.

Consider both cases.  Choose a rational number (such as 7/8).  Find the reciprocal of this number.  Find the number with opposite sign of this number.

Answer 2

Answer:

It is the same distance from zero as his original number

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