Question

The reciproal of -5 3/1 is ?

Answer 1

The reciprocal of a number refers to the inverse.

In this case, first, we transform -5 3/1 into a fraction.

`-5(3)/(1)=-(5\cdot1+3)/(1)=-8`

As you can observe, the number is -8, its reciprocal would be its inverse number.

`-(1)/(8)`

Hence, the answer is -1/8.