Question

in the fraction 1/1/x = 1(x/1) = x ..... what rule allows this? in the fraction 1/1/x = 1(x/1) = x ..... what rule allows this? @Mathematics

Answer 1

1/1/x = x/1 = x, multiplicative inverse or something like that. fractions of fractions. take the inverse of one fraction and multiply it by the other

Answer 2

so, multiply the recip of the denominator by the numerator? or the recip of the whole thing? Sorry, I get confused when there are multiple fractions in a fraction

Answer 3

most cases its multiply the numerator by the recip of the denom

Answer 4

so x/1 x 1/1 would be the actual math.

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

wow. thanks, i cannot believe it took me this long to grasp that.

Answer 7

1/2/4 = 1 * 4/2 = 1 * 2 = 2

Answer 8

its less confusing to always use parenthesis... 1/(1/x) otherwise it could be (1/1)/x they are not the same

Answer 9

i assume u know about inverse then?

Answer 10

yeah, comes up a lot later in calculus

Answer 11

1/a is the same as a^-1

Answer 12

nevermind, i figured it out, but thanks for all your help.

Answer 13

oh... haha i see they just switch ... is that true for all inverse where fog=x and gof=x?