SOLUTION: If two numbers are opposite of each other are their reciprocals also opposite?

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Question 86781: If two numbers are opposite of each other are their reciprocals also opposite?
Answer by Flake(45) About Me  (Show Source):
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1st opposite numbers mean one is "positive" the other is "negative"
For example: 2 and -2 are opposites
2nd reciprocal means you flip the fraction.
For example: 3/2 is the reciprocal of 2/3
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you try out..... take 2/3 and -(2/3), these are opposites
now what the reciprocal of 2/3 and what's the reciprocal of -(2/3)?
Are they also opposites?