What is the reciprocal of 7/979?

2 Answers
Apr 5, 2016

9/797

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/bab is simply b/aba.

Why does this work? The reciprocal of a number xx is defined to mean 1/x1x. For the reciprocal of the fraction 7/979,

1/((7/9)) = (1xx9)/(7/9 xx 9)1(79)=1×979×9

= 9/7=97

Jun 15, 2017

The reciprocal of 7/979 is 9/797.

Explanation:

The reciprocal for a whole number, for example, 66. The reciprocal would be 1/616. You just pretty much change the number to a fraction, the number is the denominator and 11 is the numerator.

Example:

https://www.mathsisfun.com/reciprocal.htmlhttps://www.mathsisfun.com/reciprocal.html

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 7/979 is 9/797!

Example:

http://vocabguide.com/dictionary/reciprocalhttp://vocabguide.com/dictionary/reciprocal

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I hope that this helps!!!!