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What is the reciprocal of 2?

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Haize · Stefan V.

Mar 7, 2018

$\frac{1}{2}$ $1/2$ .

Explanation:

Reciprocal means to "flip the fraction". So $2$ $2$ is basically $\frac{2}{1}$ $2/1$ ( $2$ $2$ over $1$ $1$ ) if you write it as a fraction.

So if you simply flip $\frac{2}{1}$ $2/1$ , it is $\frac{1}{2}$ $1/2$ , which can also be $0.5$ $0.5$

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