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What is 'Reciprocal' ? |
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The Reciprocal literally means Complimentary, inverted or mutually interchangable. However in arithmetic it is used to
denote different kinds of mutual relations. |
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The reciprocal of a number is the number whose product with the given number is
equal to 1. For a fraction, the reciprocal is the fraction formed by interchanging the numerator and denominator in the
given fraction. |
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In general, a/b is the reciprocal of b/a. |
For example, the reciprocal of 2 is 1/2 or 0.5
the reciprocal of 2 1/3 is 3/7 |
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