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Algebra.Com's Answer #108403 by jim_thompson5910(35256) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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$\"%28-1%2F5%29%2820%2F5%29%2810%29\"$ Start with the given expression.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28-4%2F5%29%2810%29\"$ Multiply $\"-1%2F5\"$ and $\"20%2F5\"$ to get $\"-20%2F25\"$ . Now reduce $\"-20%2F25\"$ to get $\"-4%2F5\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"-8\"$ Multiply $\"-4%2F5\"$ and $\"10\"$ to get $\"-40%2F5\"$ . Now reduce $\"-40%2F5\"$ to get $\"-8\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Remember, $\"-8=-8%2F1\"$ . So the reciprocal is simply $\"-1%2F8\"$ \r
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