What is the reciprocal of 7/9?

2 Answers
Apr 5, 2016

9/7

Explanation:

The reciprocal of a proper fraction can be easily obtained by switching its numerator and denominator.

For example, the reciprocal of the fraction a/b is simply b/a.

Why does this work? The reciprocal of a number x is defined to mean 1/x. For the reciprocal of the fraction 7/9,

1/((7/9)) = (1xx9)/(7/9 xx 9)

= 9/7

Jun 15, 2017

The reciprocal of 7/9 is 9/7.

Explanation:

The reciprocal for a whole number, for example, 6. The reciprocal would be 1/6. You just pretty much change the number to a fraction, the number is the denominator and 1 is the numerator.

Example:

![https://www.mathsisfun.com/http://reciprocal.html](https://useruploads.socratic.org/emBp45oiQeGE6vSrMYEf_reciprocal-reciprocal.svg)

But if you want to find the reciprocal of a fraction, then you just switch the numerator and the denominator around. So the reciprocal of 7/9 is 9/7!

Example:

![http://vocabguide.com/dictionary/reciprocal](useruploads.socratic.orguseruploads.socratic.org)

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I hope that this helps!!!!