How do you find the reciprocal of $1/22$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-20T04:33:10

Flip the number upside down. The numerator becomes the denominator and the denominator becomes numerator.

$1/22$ becomes $22/1$ as the reciprocal .

$1/22 xx 22/1 = 1$

A number multiplied by its reciprocal is always equal to 1 .

(The reciprocal is also called the multiplicative inverse.)

Answer 2 · 2017-02-20T04:34:13

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You just have to flip $\frac {1} {22}$ which gives you 22. When you multiply $\frac {1} {22}$ and 22, you must get 1.

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