SOLUTION: what is the reciprocal of -1?

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Question 303428: what is the reciprocal of -1?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The reciprocal of  is  but that gives .

So  is its own reciprocal!   and  are
the only numbers whose reciprocals are themselves.

Edwin

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