The reciprocal of a negative rational number is ___________

Solution:

A rational number is a number which can be written in p/q form.

Negative rational number means that it lies between -infinity and 0.

The reciprocal of a negative rational number is obtained just by interchanging numerator and denominator.

The reciprocal of -⅔ is - 3/2.

So, it is a negative rational number.

✦ Try This: The reciprocal of -1/10 is

The reciprocal of -1/10 is 10/-1 = -10

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NCERT Exemplar Class 8 Maths Chapter 1 Problem 30

The reciprocal of a negative rational number is ___________

Summary:

The reciprocal of a negative rational number is the reverse of its p/q form, so it is negative rational number

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