Question

Find the reciprocal of 8 1/2

Answer 1

2/17

Explanation:

Personally, I would start by making this into an improper fraction. It helps.

So to do that if we have:

a b/c

we do a*c+b/c

a = 8

b = 1

c = 2

The improper fraction would be 17/2

To find the reciprocal, just switch the numerator (top number) and denominator (bottom number) around

The answer would be: 2/17