What is the opposite and reciprocal of ?
Step 1. Determine the opposite of .
The term opposite represents the additive inverse of a number. The sum of the number and its additive inverse is .
The number which gives 0 on adding with is the negative of 1, that is the number .
Therefore, the opposite of is .
Step 2. Determine the reciprocal of .
The term reciprocal represents the multiplicative inverse of a number. The sum of the number and its multiplicative inverse is .
The number that gives on multiplication with is the number itself.
Hence, the reciprocal of the number is .