Write the original denominator as the new numerator, the original numerator as the new denominator, that is turn it upside down:
the reciprocal of a/b is b/a;
for example the reciprocal of 2/5 is 5/2.
Invert it: eg reciprocal of 3/4 = 4/3
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Switch the numerator with the denominator.
It is called the reciprocal of a fraction when the fraction is turned upside down.To find reciprocal of a mixed number, convert the whole number to the fraction and create an improper fraction: 22/4 becomes 10/4 and the reciprocal is 4/10
Twelve percent is equivalent to the fraction 12/100. To find the reciprocal of a number, you take its fraction form and switch the numerator (top) and denominator (bottom). So the reciprocal of 12% is 100/12.
You have the reciprocal. Unless you started with a fraction equivalent to 0.
A 'flipped' fraction is correctly named as a Reciprocal. e.g. 2 . The reciprocal is 1/2 The reciprocal of 1/2 is 2.