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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How do you find the reciprocal of a number? O___O

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

reciprocal of x is: 1/x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

O__O What? How?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

just flip the number

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So any number can have a reciprocal? Even 0? O__O

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

1/0 = undefined.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So the only # w/out a reciprocal is 0?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

u take the denominator and put it in the numerator and u take the numerator and put it in the denominator

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So zero is the only # w/out a flip? O_O

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

Yes! :P

OpenStudy (anonymous):

...So, any other number can have a reciprocal aside from 0?

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