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Click here to see ALL problems on Inverses Question 260829: My homework says "Show that the number is a rationsl by righting it in a/b form. Then give the multiplication inverse and the additive inverse of the number" how would you do that? 1. -4/7 2. 8 2/5 3. -1 1/2 (Scroll Down for Answer!)

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Answer by Theo(3513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! the product of a number and it's multiplicative inverse is equal to 1. see http://www.mathwords.com/m/multiplicative_inverse_of_a_number.htm the sum of a number and it's additive inverse is equal to 0. see http://www.mathwords.com/a/additive_inverse_number.htm to find the multiplicative inverse of a number, you take it's reciprocal. you take it's reciprocal by dividing the number into 1. to find the additive inverse of a number, you take it's opposite.

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SOLUTION: My homework says "Show that the number is a ration...

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to find it's opposite, you reverse the sign.

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example: multiplicative inverse of 5 is 1/5 because 1/5 * 5 = 1 additive inverse of 5 is -5 because 5 + (-5) = 0 problem number 1: number is -4/7 multiplicative inverse is -7/4 because -(4/7) * (-7/4) = 1 we got that by taking (-4/7) and dividing it into 1 to get: 1/(-4/7) if we multiply numerator and denominator of that expression by 7/7, we get:

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7/-4 = (-7/4)

The properties of addition are: [1] Commutative additive inverse is 4/7 Property [2] Associative Property (answered by because -(4/7) + (4/7) = stanbon) 1 problem number 2: number is 8 + 2/5

convert this number to an improper fraction to get: 40/5 + 2/5 = 42/5 multiplicative inverse is 5/42 because 5/42 * 42/5 = 1 additive inverse is -42/5 because 42/5 + (-42/5) = 0 problem number 3: -1 1/2 is the same as -1 - 1/2. convert to improper fraction to get: -2/2 - 1/2 = -3/2 multiplicative inverse is -2/3 because -(3/2) * (-(2/3) = 1 additive inverse is 2/3 because -2/3 + 2/3 = 0 note: improper fraction is a fraction in a/b form where the numerator is greater than the denominator.

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Answer by richwmiller(9144) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! If this is true then you should throw out your book. My homework says "Show that the number is a rational by righting it in a/b form. Righting means to fix something that is wrong. Writing is to put down on paper.

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