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The reciprocal of a negative rational number is ___________.

Negative rational number.Answer

Let a is a positive rational no.


⇒ -a is a negative rational number


⇒ Reciprocal of rational number –a is () = ()


⇒ Reciprocal of rational number is


⇒ Reciprocal of a rational number is negative as a is positive but


-1 is a negative value.


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