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What is the reciprocal of the number 2?

A. 1/2

B. 2/1

C. 22

D. √2

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A reciprocal is really just a fancy word which means "flip the fraction."

Ok, but the number 2 isn't written as a fraction. Well, luckily for us we can express 2 as a fraction quite easily.

To write any whole number as a fraction simply put it over 1. The number 2 written as a fraction would be 2/1 (two wholes).

So the reciprocal is simply flipping that fraction which would then become 1/2 or one half.

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