Division of Fractions

How do you write the reciprocal of a fraction?

The reciprocal of a fraction is written by switching the positions of the numerator and the denominator.

Example:

To write the reciprocal of a fraction:

To write the reciprocal of the fraction image, switch the numerator and denominator.

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Two fractions are reciprocals of each other if their product is 1.

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The reciprocal of image is img, and the reciprocal of img is image.

 

 

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