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Terminology for Binomial Opposites

A payroll clerk is analyzing a formula for calculating tax adjustments: x+96โˆ’xรทx2โˆ’81xโˆ’6\frac{x+9}{6-x} \div \frac{x^2-81}{x-6}. After converting the division to multiplication by the reciprocal, the clerk encounters the terms (xโˆ’6)(x-6) and (6โˆ’x)(6-x). What specific mathematical term is used to describe two expressions that differ only by a factor of โˆ’1-1?

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