Question

is 8/9 is the multiplicative inverse of -1 1/8? why or why not?

Answer 1

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8/9 is not the multiplicative inverse of -11/8 because , multiplicative inverse is also known as the reciprocal a number which means that the number gets inversed and the numerator of the fraction changes to the denominator of the fraction and the denominator of the faction changes to the numerator of the fraction . Then, the multiplicative inverse of -11/8 is -8/11 .

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Answer 2

Answer:

Therefore 8/9 is not multiplicative inverse of -1 whole 1/8. Because product of these numbers is not 1

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