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What is Reciprocal?

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The number by which a given number must be multiplied to get aresult of one. The reciprocal of one-half, for example, is two.

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Is the reciprocal of a product the product of a reciprocal?
Yes.
What are reciprocal?
opposite direction in navigation
What are reciprocals?
Consider any number a/b. The reciprocal of a/b is the number when multiplied by a/b is equal to 1, namely, b/a.
What is the reciprocal of 4plus the reciprocal of 5?
1/4 + 1/5 = 9/20
What is a reciprocals?
The reciprocal of a number is the inverse of that number; that is, 1 divided by that number. So, the reciprocal of x is 1/x, and the reciprocal of 1/x is 1/(1/x) = x. (Taking the reciprocal of the...