reciprocal???

Question

what is it.....

Answer 1

If X is the number, 1/x is the reciprocal.

If the number is fractional (X/Y), the reciprocal is (Y/X).

Turn the fraction upside down.

Answer 2

A reciprocal

Take the number 5 the reciprocal=1/5

Take the variable a the reciprocal=1/a

A reciprocal is taking a number or expression or variable and
using this basic notation n=(number,variable,expression)

The reciprocal of n =1/n

The reciprocal of 1/n=n

Answer 3

It's the number you get by dividing your original number into 1. For example, the reciprocal of 5 is 1/5, the reciprocal of 1.5 is 2/3 and so on.
If a number is multiplied by its reciprocal, the product is always 1.

HTH

Doug

Answer 4

a reciprocal is the opposite. if you have a number like 6, then you put it over 1 and flip it. so the reciprocal of 6 is 1/6. another example is the reciprocal of 8/9 is 9/8. i hope i helped!!!

Answer 5

the reciprocal of a number is also know as the multiplicative inverse of the number... the reciprocal of 3 is 1/3... while the reciprocal of 8/5 is 5/8

as you can see..to get the reciprocal... you can simply reverse the numerator and denominator.. or divide 1 with that number

Answer 6

Basically, it's flipping a fraction over.

The reciprocal of 57/34 is 34/57.
The reciprocal of 5 is 1/5
The reciprocal of x/y is y/x.
The reciprocal of (x^4 - 3x + 3)/(x^2 - 2) is (x^2 - 2)/(x^4 - 3x + 3).

A good thing to note is that when you multiply anything nonzero by its reciprocal, you get 1.

Answer 7

A reciprocal is just a fraction and its reverse fraction.

EX) 5/6 = 6/5

Good Luck :)

Answer 8

the reciprocal of a number is one divided by that number

Answer 9

the reciprocal of a number is one divided by that number

Answer 10

if you have 2 non-zero integers n and m, and you are given a fraction:

n/m

the reciprocal is just 1 divided by that fraction, or

m/n...