Its always negative because the reciprocal is just that number under one think of it like this: If the number is -a the reciprocal is (1/-a) which is always -(1/a) so they are always negative.
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For example my teacher asks me what is the recipro ... actually... -2/4 is just the same as 2/-4... anyway.... its just the same as giving the reciprocal of a positive number...just carry out the negative sign... example: reciprocal of -2/4 = -4/2 or 4/-2...
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Math question: How do you find the reciprocal of a negative number? A number multiplied with it's reciprocal must be one. So for example if you have -(1/2), ...
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The easiest way to explain a reciprocal is show you some examples. ... To get the reciprocal of a fraction, just flip it. For example, the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2. The reciprocal of 1/4 is 4/1 or just plain 4. ... The reciprocal of a whole number is 1 over that number. For example, the reciprocal of 3 is 1/3.
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All real numbers except 0 have reciprocals. The reciprocal of a negative number must itself be a negative number so that the number and its reciprocal multiply to 1.
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Do we already have an entry specifically about how a negative number raised to an odd number is negative and raised to an even number is positive?
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planetmath.org/encyclopedia/NegativeNumber.html
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In contrast to the positive number, typically referred to without qualification, the negative number is a notional entity. Written characteristically with a dash or ‘minus sign’ preceding the digit(s), a negative number conceptually represents the amount that would have to be added before there would be nothing,
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negative exponent An exponent which is a negative number. The value of a number taken to a negative power, such as , is the reciprocal of the value of that number taken to the positive power. For example, since 5³ = 5 x 5 x 5 = 125,
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-3/4 and -4/3 are reciprocals: (-3/4) x (-4/3) = 1; Notice that a positive number has a positive reciprocal, and a negative number has a negative reciprocal, and a negative number has a negative reciprocal. Also a whole number like 5 can be written 5/1.
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