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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Is the reciprocal of 8/2 = 4/1

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

8/2 can be simplified as 4/1 and reciprocal will be the flipped fraction: 1/4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So is it 4/1

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

No, it's 1/4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Its 1/4 if it was being simplified it would be 4/1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but i has to be simplified and then you find the reciprocal

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