A complex fraction might look intimidating at first, but don’t worry. You just need to remember a few things and you will be good to go! What do you need to remember? A reciprocal is a number “flipped upside down.” A fraction bar can be thought of like a division sign. To divide by a fraction you can multiply by its reciprocal.
Read MoreThe reciprocal of a fraction is what you get when you turn the fraction upside down. We first saw the reciprocal when we learned about dividing by fractions, because that fraction division process required us to multiply by the reciprocal. In other words, what you get when you switch its numerator with its denominator. So the reciprocal of 3/4 is 4/3.
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