Question

HELP what 1/x^-1

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

@Owlcoffee

Answer 3

\(\rm \color{#20bd23}{\dfrac{1}{3^{-1}}=~3}\)

\(\rm \color{#20bd23}{\dfrac{1}{4^{-1}}=~4}\)

\(\rm \color{#20bd23}{\dfrac{1}{5^{-1}}=~5}\)

So that makes \(\rm \color{#20bd23}{\dfrac{1}{x^{-1}}=~x}\)

Answer 4

Let's say x = 5

\(\rm \color{#20bd23}{\dfrac{1}{x^{-1}}=~?}\)

\(\rm \color{#20bd23}{\dfrac{1}{5^{-1}}=~?}\)

First solve the exponent, \(\rm \color{#20bd23}{5^{-1}}\), which is 0.2, so we have

\(\rm \color{#20bd23}{\dfrac{1}{0.2}=~?}\)

And \(\rm \color{#20bd23}{\dfrac{1}{0.2}=~5}\)