Question

What is the reciprocal of 1/5 ?



A.
–5


B. -1/5




C. 1/5




D.
5

Answer 1

Remember what we just did? Reciproca
l means "flipped"

Answer 2

multiplicative inverse

Answer 3

Reciprocal

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

for a reciprocal is 1/a

Answer 6

So flip 1/5 and what do you get?

Answer 7

for b it is 1/b

Answer 8

@studyislandhelp, if for 1/10 the reciprocal would be 10, what would the reciprocal be for 5?

Answer 9

For example, the reciprocal of 1/10 would be 10. Now just apply that to your problem. Reciprocal means flipped (Or inverse)

Answer 10

@GABI_J thats creepy how we have the same example lol.

Answer 11

yes, kind of, .... we're all working on the same.


You want to find a reciprocal of a number, lets say it is x, so you would put it over 1.
lets say it is 1/7, then what you would do is

aplly this to 1/5