15. The product of a fraction and its multiplicative inverse is 1.
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To understand this, let's consider an example. Let's say we have the fraction 2/3. The reciprocal or multiplicative inverse of 2/3 is 3/2. Now, if we multiply 2/3 by its reciprocal 3/2, we get: Show more…
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