{"id":255475,"date":"2025-07-13T04:44:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T04:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=255475"},"modified":"2025-07-13T04:44:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T04:44:31","slug":"reciprocal-of-3-5-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/13\/reciprocal-of-3-5-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Reciprocal of -3\/5 is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reciprocal of -3\/5 is* (i) -3\/5 (ii) -5\/3 (iii) 3\/5 (iv) 5\/3 please help me fast it’s urgent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reciprocal of a number is simply 1 divided by that number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the given fraction \u221235-\\frac{3}{5}\u221253\u200b, its reciprocal is: Reciprocal of \u221235=1\u221235=\u221253\\text{Reciprocal of } -\\frac{3}{5} = \\frac{1}{-\\frac{3}{5}} = -\\frac{5}{3}Reciprocal of \u221253\u200b=\u221253\u200b1\u200b=\u221235\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, the correct answer is (ii) -5\/3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The reciprocal of any non-zero number or fraction is obtained by swapping its numerator and denominator. In this case, the number is a fraction, \u221235-\\frac{3}{5}\u221253\u200b. Here’s how we find its reciprocal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Start with the number \u221235-\\frac{3}{5}\u221253\u200b.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. To get its reciprocal, swap the numerator (3) and the denominator (5).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. After swapping, you get \u221253-\\frac{5}{3}\u221235\u200b, which is the reciprocal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Why is it not the other options?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • (i) -3\/5<\/strong>: This is just the original number. The reciprocal cannot be the same as the original.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • (iii) 3\/5<\/strong>: This would be the reciprocal of 35\\frac{3}{5}53\u200b, but not the reciprocal of \u221235-\\frac{3}{5}\u221253\u200b.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • (iv) 5\/3<\/strong>: This is the reciprocal of 35\\frac{3}{5}53\u200b, but the sign is wrong. Since the original number is negative, its reciprocal should also be negative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Thus, the reciprocal of \u221235-\\frac{3}{5}\u221253\u200b is \u221253-\\frac{5}{3}\u221235\u200b<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Reciprocal of -3\/5 is* (i) -3\/5 (ii) -5\/3 (iii) 3\/5 (iv) 5\/3 please help me fast it’s urgent The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The reciprocal of a number is simply 1 divided by that number. For the given fraction \u221235-\\frac{3}{5}\u221253\u200b, its reciprocal is: Reciprocal of \u221235=1\u221235=\u221253\\text{Reciprocal of } -\\frac{3}{5} = \\frac{1}{-\\frac{3}{5}} = -\\frac{5}{3}Reciprocal of \u221253\u200b=\u221253\u200b1\u200b=\u221235\u200b Therefore, the correct […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}