document.write( "Question 7402: I am really struggling in math and the book is helping alot because it explanes everything with examples and the problem i am trying to do has no example in the book i am hopeing you can help me solve it or will show me a good example. \r
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document.write( "I am really struggling in math and the book is helping alot because it explanes everything with examples and the problem i am trying\r\n" );
document.write( "to do has no example in the book i am hopeing you can help me solve it or will show me a good example. \r\n" );
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document.write( "#110. Find the reciprocal of the number. \r\n" );
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document.write( "-12.1/-0.11 \r\n" );
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document.write( "All other questions have fractions but this one dosent. \r\n" );
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document.write( "The following by the other person is WRONG!! \"(11)(-10)=-110\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Plus, converting the decimals to fractions to get to the answer is, in this author's opinion, OVERKILL!\r\n" );
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document.write( "The reciprocal of a number, when expressed as a fraction, is obtained by SWITCHING the numerator and the denominator. In other words, the\r\n" );
document.write( "denominator and the numerator of the original fraction become the NEW numerator and NEW denominator, respectively, of the reciprocal.\r\n" );
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document.write( "I don't know why you say this, \"All other questions have fractions but this one dosent....\", because -12.1/-0.11 is a FRACTION!\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, the RECIPROCAL of \"%28-+12.1%29%2F%28-+0.11%29\" is merely \"%28-+0.11%29%2F%28-+12.1%29\" = \"0.11%2F12.1\" = \"1.1%2F121\" = \"highlight%280.1%2F11%29\", or \"1%2F10\" รท \"11%2F1\" = \"%281%2F10%29+%2A+%281%2F11%29\" = \"highlight%281%2F110%29\"
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