What is the reciprocal of #5/8#?

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Bailee B.
Mar 8, 2018

It's #-8/5#

Explanation:

Since the word "reciprocal" means the opposite, all you have to do is flip the fraction and reverse it.

i.e. #1/2x=2#

Multiply both sides by the reciprocal to get x alone.

So, #2/1*1/2#

And #2/1*2#

So, #x=4#

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