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What is the multiplicative inverse of 2x/5?

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Multiplicative inverse is the thing you multiply a term by to get 1.
So 1/2 is the multiplicative inverse of 2 (as an example).
So "flip" the fraction term 2x/5 to get 5/2x... multiply the two terms together to double check.
2x/5 * 5/2x = 1
So it's 5/2x
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