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What is the multiplicative inverse of y?

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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.

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