Question

(a) Work out the reciprocal of 1.25

Answer 1

Answer:

0.8 OR $\frac{4}{5}$

Step-by-step explanation:

The reciprocal of any number is the number that it multiplies by to equal 1.

The reciprocal can be found by simply converting the number into a fraction and then 'flipping' the fraction as any number multiplied by its reciprocal is 1.

E.g.

No. X/Y * Y/X (its reciprocal) = 1

$\frac{x}{y} *\frac{y}{x} =\frac{xy}{xy} =1$

So, to find the reciprocal of 1.25,we should first convert 1.25 to a fraction.

1.25 = 125/100

$\frac{125/25}{100/25}=\frac{5}{4}$

Now we just flip 5/4 to get our reciprocal:

$\frac{4}{5}$ = 0.8

Test: 0.8 * 1.25 = 1

The reciprocal of 1.25 ($\frac{5}{4}$) is 0.8 ($\frac{4}{5}$).

Hope this helped!