What is the reciprocal of 5/3?

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When the product of two numbers is 1, each number is the reciprocal of the other. In the following equation, r is the reciprocal you want to find. r x 5 / 3 = 1 To isolate r, divide each side by 5/3. This is undoing the multiplication. r x 5/3 ÷ 5/3 = 1 ÷ 5/3 r x 5/3 ÷ 3/5 = 1 x 3/5 rX--X-- = IX-- 3 5 5 r= 3/5 (reciprocal of 5/3)

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