SOLUTION: what is a recipical?

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Question 48225: what is a recipical?
Answer by stanbon(48550) About Me  (Show Source):
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If "a" is a number, other than zero, then 1/a is its reciprocal.
For any algebraic expression (w) the reciprocal is the algebraic
expression "p" such that wp=1=pw
Cheers,
Stan H.