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What is the reciprocal of -5

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Answer:

-1/5

Explanation:

The reciprocal of a number is 1 divided by that number. We conventionally put any minus sign with the fraction as a whole or with the numerator.

... 1/(-5) = -1/5

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the reciprocal of -5 is -1/5

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