Mathematics
Grade-7
Easy
Question
The reciprocal of a negative rational number is
- Always positive
- Always negative
- Always 1
- Always 0
Hint:
Reciprocal of a number is its multiplicative inverse.
The correct answer is: Always negative
Reciprocal of a rational number is always rational. Just because we interchange the numerator and denominator ,the sign of the fraction does not change.
Hence, the correct answer is option b.
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