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The inverse operation of finding a reciprocal is doing the same thing again.
The inverse operation of raising a number to a power is taking the appropriate root,
the inverse operation of exponentiation is taking logarithms;
the inverse operation of taking the sine of an angle is finding the arcsine of the value (and similarly with other trigonometric functions);
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What are the two sets of inverse operations?
Addition is the inverse operation of subtraction and multiplication is the inverse operation of division. The word inverse means "opposite".
What does the word inverse mean in math terms?
Mathematically, an inverse is an opposite, it is something that reverses what its inverse does, for example, addition and subtraction are inverse functions, as are multiplication and division. The inverse of a fraction is obtained by exchanging numerator and denominator; the inverse of a half is two.
What is an inverese in algebra?
An inverse is another word for opposite. The inverse for adding is subtraction, multiplication is division, etc. If you are solving an equation, and have to get a variable alone, you must eliminate any other numbers with the variable, which means undoing the operation (x, +, -, /); so you perform the inverse. Example: x + 3 = 9. Subtract 3 on both sides to get x alone, because subtraction is the inverse of addition: x = 6. Example: 2x + 3 = 9. You must do the inverse of addition and subtraction before the inverse of multiplication and division. In this case, after subtracting 3 you have: 2x = 6. x is being multiplied by 2, so the inverse is division, and your answer is x = 3.
Is distributive property a multiplication or division word?
multiplication: the opposite (division) property is factoring
Often a key word in a multiplication or division word problem is?
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