Another name for Reciprocal.
What you multiply by a number to get 1
Example: 8 × (1/8) = 1
In other words: when we multiply a number by its "Multiplicative Inverse" we get 1.
But not when the number is 0 because 1/0 is undefined!
What you multiply by a number to get 1
Example: 8 × (1/8) = 1
In other words: when we multiply a number by its "Multiplicative Inverse" we get 1.
But not when the number is 0 because 1/0 is undefined!
See: Reciprocal
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