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- (a) what is the multiplicative inverse of $\frac{1}{3}$? (b) what is the multiplicative inverse of $-\frac{1}{3}$? (c) what is the product of any nonzero real number and its multiplicative inverse? 3. what is another name for the multiplicative inverse of a number? 4. which real number does not have a multiplicative inverse and why? 5. use two unit multipliers to convert 112 feet to centimeters. 6. use two unit multipliers to convert 60 square kilometers to square meters. 7. the area of a rectangle is 72 square centimeters. the length of one side is 6 centimeters. what is the length of the other side? 8. the length of the base of a right triangle is 12 meters. the height of the right triangle is 9 meters. find the area of the right triangle. 9. the diameter of a circle is 16 kilometers. find the area of the circle.
2. (a)
Step1: Recall multiplicative - inverse definition
The multiplicative inverse of a non - zero number $a$ is $\frac{1}{a}$ such that $a\times\frac{1}{a}=1$. For the number $\frac{1}{3}$, if we let $a = \frac{1}{3}$, then its multiplicative inverse is $3$ since $\frac{1}{3}\times3 = 1$.
Step1: Apply multiplicative - inverse rule
The multiplicative inverse of a non - zero number $a$ is $\frac{1}{a}$. For $a=-\frac{1}{3}$, its multiplicative inverse is $- 3$ because $-\frac{1}{3}\times(-3)=1$.
Step1: Use the property of multiplicative inverses
By the definition of multiplicative inverses, for any non - zero real number $x$, its multiplicative inverse is $\frac{1}{x}$, and $x\times\frac{1}{x}=1$.
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