SOLUTION: Desribe how multiplication and division are inverse operations? Give an example?

Question 55499: Desribe how multiplication and division are inverse operations? Give an example?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
division undoes what multiplication does.
Start with "6"
Multiply 6 by 3 to get 18
Divide 18 by 3 to get 6.
You are now back where you started.
The division undid what the multiplication did.
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multiplication undoes what division does.
Start with 24
Divide by 6 to get 4
Multiply the 4 by 6 to get 24
You are again back where you started.
The multiplication undid what the division did.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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