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In $3-7,$ write the reciprocal (multiplicative inverse) of each given number.$$8$$
$\frac{1}{8}$
Algebra
Chapter 2
THE RATIONAL NUMBERS
Section 1
Rational Numbers
Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Decimals
Equations and Inequalities
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So we're asked to find the reciprocal or the multiplication inverse of eight. So remember that anytime you have a whole number, it's the same as that number over one. So we're just flipping the numerator into the denominator denominator and to the numerator, so I get won over eight.
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