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Which of the following is a reciprocal of 5

User Damico
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Answer:
(1)/(5)

Explanation:

Reciprocal means the multiplicative inverse of a number. It means the numerator and the denominator which their places.

Since 5 does not have a denominator, we can keep the denominator as 1. The fraction will be
(5)/(1). Now when we switch the numerator and denominator, we will get
(1)/(5).

User Manelescuer
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Hi :)

The reciprocal of 5 is 1/5.

Every number has a reciprocal except 0.

For example

5/1 is just 5 but the reciprocal of that would be 1/5.

Essentially flipping the fraction.

User Matthew Beatty
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