The negative reciprocal of a non-zero number x, is -1/x.
And the negative reciprocal of that is -1/(-1/x) = -1*(x/-1) = x
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Inverse operations, or reciprocals.
Always. That is what a reciprocal is. in other words, if x = 1/y then y = 1/x
They are the reciprocals of the positive exponents. Thus, x-a = 1/xa
They are called multiplicative inverses or reciprocals of each other.
They are negative reciprocals Ex -1/2 and 2