The reciprocal of a negative rational number is

The reciprocal of a negative rational number is ___________.

Answer: a negative rational number

Explanation: A number with a numerator of ‘a’ and a non-zero denominator of ‘b’ expressed as a fraction ‘a/b’ of two integers.

So, let ‘a/b’ be the rational number.

‘-a/b’ is a negative rational number.

‘-b/a’ is the reciprocal of a negative rational number ( which is also negative)

A negative rational number’s reciprocal is also a negative rational number.

In mathematics, a rational number is one that can be written as p/q, a pair of integers with q not equal to zero.

Furthermore, all numbers with an integer as numerator & 1 as the denominator are included in the set of rational numbers.

Rational numbers are terminating or repeating decimals in decimal form.

For example, 1/8 = 0.125 is a rational number because it is a terminal decimal form.