5. What is the reciprocal of a reciprocal of the rational number?
Answers
Answered by
2
Answer:
We will learn the reciprocal of a rational number. The rational number b/a is called the multiplicative inverse or reciprocal of a/b and is denoted by (a/b)-1. The reciprocal of 5/16 is 16/5. ... The reciprocal of -5 is 1/-5, since -5 × 1/-5 = -5/1 × 1/-5 = -5 × 1/-5 × 1 = 1.
Answered by
19
We will learn the reciprocal of a rational number. The rational number b/a is called the multiplicative inverse or reciprocal of a/b and is denoted by (a/b)-1. The reciprocal of 5/16 is 16/5 . The reciprocal of -5 is 1/-5, since -5 × 1/-5 = -5/1 × 1/-5 = -5 × 1/-5 × 1 = 1.
Similar questions