Do the points shown represent additive inverses?

The cicles represent where the points are the points are -3 and 3
Explain why or why not. In 1-2 sentences.

-5 -4 -3● -2 -1 0 1 2 3● 4 5

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No, the points shown do not represent additive inverses. Additive inverses are pairs of numbers that, when added together, equal zero. In this case, -3 and 3 are not additive inverses of each other because their sum does not equal zero.