What is the opposite and reciprocal of -7/2?

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What is the opposite and reciprocal of -7/2?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-04T02:32:03

The opposite and reciprocal of $- \frac{7}{2}$ $-7/2$ is $\frac{2}{7}$ $2/7$ .

Explanation:

With a number x, the reciprocal is known as $\frac{1}{x}$ $1/x$ .
So we have our x = $- \frac{7}{2}$ $-7/2$ , our reciprocal $\frac{1}{x}$ $1/x$ $\Rightarrow$ $=>$ $\frac{1}{- \frac{7}{2}}$ $1/(-7/2)$ $\Rightarrow$ $=>$ $- \frac{2}{7}$ $-2/7$ .
Since it had asked to be opposite, we put a negative sign in front:
$- (- \frac{2}{7})$ $-(-2/7)$ $\Rightarrow$ $=>$ $\frac{2}{7}$ $2/7$ .
Since it had asked for the opposite and reciprocal of $- \frac{7}{2}$ $-7/2$ , we are done, $\frac{2}{7}$ $2/7$ .

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