Question

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

Answer 1

No.

Because 8/9 x -11/8 is not equals to 1

Answer 2

Answer:

no it is not...because multiplicative inverse simply means what has to be multiplied to the given number so that the answer is 1

that is ..multiplicative inverse of a/b is b/a...

so the multiplicative inverse of -11/8 is -8/11 but not 8/9

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