73.0k views
2 votes
Find the reciprocals of the numbers below.

The reciprocal of 5 is.

The reciprocal of 6/11 is.

User YPennylane
by
5.7k points

2 Answers

6 votes
The reciprocal of 5 would be -5
Though the reciprocal of 6/11 would be -11/6
You do the opposite of the fraction of number and flip it.
User Evol Rof
by
6.2k points
2 votes
The reciprocal of a number x is 1/x

The reciprocal of 5 is 1/5

The reciprocal of 6/11 is 1/6/11 = 11/6
User Armen Zakaryan
by
6.1k points