SOLUTION: If two numbers are opposite of each other, are their reciprocals also opposite of each other?

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Question 432376: If two numbers are opposite of each other, are their reciprocals also opposite of each other?
Answer by rapaljer(4671)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In general, that would be x compared to its opposite, which is -x.
Yes, it is true that the reciprocals 1/x and -1/x are also opposites!!
That is, except for the number 0, which has no reciprocal.

Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired
Seminole State College of Florida

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