SOLUTION: state the reciprocal -1/2

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Question 536008: state the reciprocal -1/2
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Answer by fcabanski(1391) (Show Source):
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Reciprocal is the inverse. In other words when a number and its reciprocal are multiplied together, the product is 1.

For a fraction, it means flip the fraction to find the reciprocal.

-1/2 reciprocal = -2/1.

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Answer by bucky(2189) (Show Source):
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state the reciprocal -1/2
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Just flip the fraction upside down so the denominator (2) becomes the numerator of the reciprocal and the numerator (1) becomes the denominator of the reciprocal. The minus sign does not change. So the reciprocal of -1/2 is:
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and this simplifies to
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Hope this helps you.