5 over 2
2/5
If that's 3/5 - 2, the answer is -1 and 2/5 If that's 3/(5 - 2), the answer is 1.
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Anything divided by one is the original number.
the reciprocal of 2/5 is 5/2
The reciprocal of 14/5 is 5/14.
2 1 over 5 is 11/5. So, its reciprocal is 5/11
The reciprocal of 4.2, or 4 2/5, is 5 over 22. (5/22.)
52/3 = 17/3 So the reciprocal is 3/17
Negitive 2 over five
Convert the mixed number to an improper fraction then the reciprocal can be found: 1/(2 1/5) = 1/((5×2+1)/5) = 1/(11/5) = 5/11
The answer is: 2/7 More information from "http://en.allexperts.com/q/Basic-Math-657/reciprocal.htm": A reciprocal is a number that you multiply by so that the result equals 1. The easiest way to find it is to just flip the fraction over. Here's an example: What is the reciprocal of 3? 3 is the same as 3/1, so we flip and the reciprocal is 1/3 Reciprocal of 4/5 is 5/4 Reciprocal of 2 1/2? Trciky! Change to a fraction --> 5/2, then flip --> 2/5
The reciprocal of 5/8 is 8/5 The reciprocal of a fraction is its inverted form, e.g. the reciprocal of a/b is b/a.
Division by a fraction is the same as multiplication by its reciprocal. The reciprocal of a number x is 1 over x. So the reciprocal of 2/5, for example, is 5/2.
the reciprocal of 1 over 2, is 2. reciprocal just means you flip the numbers over, in this case it leaves 2 over 1 which is the same as 2 divided by 1 which is 2. for example the reciprocal of 10 is 1 over 10 and the reciprocal over 1 over 7 is 7.
The reciprocal of a fraction is formed by turning it upside down. The reciprocal of 3/5 is 5/3 which can also be written as the mixed number 1 2/3