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  • 11-08-2015
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Why do negative reciprocals always have a product of -1?

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JaySL JaySL
  • 11-08-2015
For any number x, when we multiply by -1/x, we get -x/x, or -1.  As we haven't made any assumptions about x (other than x is not equal to zero, in which case x does not have a defined reciprocal), all negative reciprocals have a product of -1.
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AL2006
AL2006 AL2006
  • 11-08-2015

No matter what 'x' is, the negative reciprocal of 'x' is  -(1/x).

Now let's multiply them:

                               (x) times  -(1/x)  =  -(x/x)  =  -1 .

And there you are.
That's why.

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