find the opposite of 1/3 and of -7/12
Opposite number is the same number with the opposite sign: So the opposite of \(\frac{1}{3}\) is \(-\frac{1}{3}\), since the original number is positiveopposite of \(- \frac{7}{12}\) is \(\frac{7}{12}\), since the original number is negative
the opposite of 1/3 is -1/3.the opposite of -7/12 is 7/12