Question

What is the reciprocal of 3/4? How can you be sure it is the reciprocal?

Answer 1

To find the reciprocal of a fraction, just fill it over. Therefore, the reciprocal of 3/4= 4/3. We can be sure that this is the reciprocal because any number multiplied by its reciprocal gives the product of 1:
$\frac{3}{4} \times \frac{4}{3} = 1$

Answer 2

To find the reciprocal of a fraction, we want to switch the numerator and the denominator to get the improper fraction 4/3.

Just switch the places of the numbers.