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What is a Negative Reciprocal?

Answer:

Negative reciprocals are exactly what they sound like. They are the
  • negative
  • the reciprocal
of the original number

Examples



Original Number Its negative Reciprocal
$ \frac{3}{4} $ $ - \frac{4}{3} $
$ \frac{5}{6} $ $ - \frac{6}{5} $
$ \frac{-2}{3} $ $ - \frac{3}{2} $
$ -\frac{11}{4} $ $ \frac{4}{11} $
3 $ -\frac{1}{3} $
-2 $ \frac{1}{2} $