SOLUTION: Can you help answering this problems?? I'll appreciate it How can I find the multiplicative inverse of this numsbers?? 1.-18 2.-9 3.-1 4.-1/2 4.-3/4 5.-5/9 6.-4(1/3) 7.-2(

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Question 507569: Can you help answering this problems?? I'll appreciate it
How can I find the multiplicative inverse of this numsbers??
1.-18
2.-9
3.-1
4.-1/2
4.-3/4
5.-5/9
6.-4(1/3)
7.-2(2/5)
Thank you!!
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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The multiplicative inverse of x is 1/x. If you have a fraction a/b, the multiplicative inverse of that is b/a (just flip it)


Note: 0 does NOT have a multiplicative inverse


So for instance, in number 1, the multiplicative inverse of -18 is 1/(-18) = -1/18