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Question:

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(i) The product of two positive rational numbers is always .....

(ii) The product of a positive rational number and a negative rational number is always .....

(iii) The product of two negative rational numbers is always .....

(iv) The reciprocal of a positive rational number is .....

(v) The reciprocal of a negative rational number is .....

(vi) Zero has ..... reciprocal.

(vii) The product of a rational number and its reciprocal is .....

(viii) The numbers ..... and ..... are their own reciprocals.

(ix) If a is reciprocal of b, then the reciprocal of b is .....

(x) The number 0 is ..... the reciprocal of any number.

(xi) Reciprocal of $\frac{1}{a}, a \neq 0$ is......

(xii) $(17 \times 12)^{-1}=17^{-1} \times \ldots . .$

 

Solution:

(i) Positive

(ii) Negative

(iii) Positive

(iv) Positive

(v) Negative

(vi) No

(vii) 1

(viii) -1 and 1

(ix) a

(x) not

(xi) a

(xii) $12^{-1}$

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