Respuesta :
-5(-1)=5
(5^-1)=1/5
to find multiplicacative inverses find negative reciprocal or, in other words, put to -1st power and multiply by -1.
(5^-1)=1/5
to find multiplicacative inverses find negative reciprocal or, in other words, put to -1st power and multiply by -1.
Hey!
We know that if we see a number that apparently doesn't have a denominator, we can plug a "1" as a denominator because it's a whole number, for example, we could write.
[tex]-5= -\frac{5}{1} [/tex]
Finding the inverse would be taking the reciprocal of it, that implies switching the fractions, the signs would change too, so, this would mean that the reciprocal of [tex]-\frac{5}{1}[/tex] would be,
[tex] \frac{1}{5} [/tex]
Using Math, we can verify this is correct. To do that, we would have to use exponents.
[tex] \frac{1}{5}^{-1} =5[/tex]
Thanks!
-TetraFish
We know that if we see a number that apparently doesn't have a denominator, we can plug a "1" as a denominator because it's a whole number, for example, we could write.
[tex]-5= -\frac{5}{1} [/tex]
Finding the inverse would be taking the reciprocal of it, that implies switching the fractions, the signs would change too, so, this would mean that the reciprocal of [tex]-\frac{5}{1}[/tex] would be,
[tex] \frac{1}{5} [/tex]
Using Math, we can verify this is correct. To do that, we would have to use exponents.
[tex] \frac{1}{5}^{-1} =5[/tex]
Thanks!
-TetraFish
