The identity property
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What do you multiply by to get identically what you started with? Multiply by 1. a x 1 = a
The multiplicative inverse property states that if you multiply a number by its reciprocal the total will equal one. A x 1/A = 1
In multiplication, when you multiply a number by 1, and you have the same number, that's called the identity property of one.
when you multiply -1 to a fraction it makes the fraction negative 7 -7 -- x -1= --- 8 8
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