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What happens when a fraction is multiplied by its reciprocal?
When any number is multiplied by its reciprocal, the product is ' 1 '.
What does x times its reciprocal equal?
Any number multiplied by its reciprocal is equal to ' 1 '.
What is a recprocal?
The reciprocal of a number is 1 divided by that number. A number multiplied by its reciprocal is equal to 1. In the case of a fraction, to get the reciprocal, simply exchange numerator and denominator. Thus, the reciprocal of 5/3 is 3/5.
What is receprocal?
The word is actually reciprocal. A number multiplied by it's reciprocal will always equal 1. If you have 46, and multiplied it by 1/46, you will get 1. They are both reciprocals of each other as well. If you multiplied 1/46 by 46, you'd get 1 again. If you have a number x, the reciprocal will always be 1/x.
Two numbers that have a product of one?
Every number multiplied by its reciprocal produce 1.
