The distributive law and reciprocal numbers
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1
Find the reciprocal of 2 1/5.
5/11
2
Compute 5/6 · 13 + 5/6 · 5 conveniently.
15
3
Compute 101 · 45 as (100 + 1) · 45.
4545
4
Solve 5/9 · x = 1 for x.
9/5
5
Compute 8 1/3 · 12 with the distributive law.
100