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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, a <b>multiplicative inverse</b> or <b>reciprocal</b> for a <a href="page.php?w=number">number</a> , denoted by  or , is a number which when <a href="page.php?w=Multiplication">multiplied by</a>  yields the <a href="page.php?w=multiplicative_identity">multiplicative identity</a>, 1. The multiplicative inverse of a <a href="page.php?w=rational_number">fraction</a>  is  Dividing 1 by a real number yields its multiplicative inverse. For example, the reciprocal of 5 is one fifth (1/5 or 0.2), and</p><p>
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