document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=489336>Question 489336</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When dividing a set of fractions, why do you take the reciprocol of the second fraction and change it to multiplication? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #338137 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Flannery><B>Flannery(124)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Flannery><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Flannery><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=338137\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You do it because multiplication and division are inverse operations, that is to say they are the opposites of each other. A similar question is \"Why is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 +(-3) a subtraction problem?\" Because adding the opposite of a number is subtracting the number.  The reciprocol of a fraction is it's opposite. Multiplying by the opposite of a fraction is dividing by the fraction.   </SPAN>\n" );
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