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Answer:
1/y
Explanation:
The multiplicative inverse of an expression is its reciprocal. It is the value that, when multiplied by the original, give a product of 1 (the multiplicative identity element).
Here, that is ...
1/y
because (y)(1/y) = y/y = 1.
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Additional comment
Zero (0) does not have a multiplicative inverse.