Let ℝ be the set of real numbers and let • denote the normal multiplication operation on ℝ. The structure (ℝ,•) does NOT satisfy the group axioms, but there is an element x which we can remove from ℝ to make (ℝ\{x},•) a group. What is x?

Let ℝ be the set of real numbers and let • denote the normal multiplication operation on ℝ. The structure (ℝ,•) does NOT satisfy the group axioms, but there is an element x which we can remove from ℝ to make (ℝ\{x},•) a group. What is x?

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