SOLUTION: Find the multiplicative inverse of the following number: -0.25

Question 149388: Find the multiplicative inverse of the following number: -0.25

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First write -0.25 as the fraction

Now to find the multiplicative inverse, simply flip the fraction to get or

So the multiplicative inverse of -0.25 is -4

Check:

Simply multiply the two numbers -0.25 and -4 to get

Since their product is 1, this means that -4 is the multiplicative inverse of -0.25 (and vice versa).
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