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what is the product of the reciprocal of 5,the reciprocal of 18, and the reciprocal of -3 please provide a explanation :)

User Sorohan
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Answer:

1/5, 1/18, and 1/-3

Explanation:

a reciprocal reverses a fraction

for example:

5=5/1

reciprocal=1/5

hope this helps:)

User Dhulihan
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Answer:

1/5, 1/18, -1/3

Step-by-step:

The simple answer is just to to make that number under one.

Example: 5 is the reciprocal then 1/5 was the start number. Vise-versa. Hope this helps!

User Orion Adrian
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