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Rr

reciprocal

• also called the multiplicative inverse.
• one of two numbers whose product is 1, n x 1/n = 1
• may be written as 1/n or n-1.
• to get the reciprocal of a number,
divide 1 by the number.

EXAMPLES:
reciprocal


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