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The goal in solving an equation is to get the variable by itself on one side of the equation and a number on the other side of the equation. To isolate the variable, we must reverse the operations acting on the variable. We do this by performing the inverse of each operation on both sides of the equation.
Multiplicative Inverse. In a monoid or multiplicative group where the operation is a product, the multiplicative inverse of any element is the element such that, with 1 the identity element. The multiplicative inverse of a nonzero number is its reciprocal (zero is not invertible).For complex,here. The multiplicative inverse of a nonsingular matrix is its matrix inverse. To detect the multiplicative inverse of a given element in the multiplication table of finite multiplicative group, traverse the element's row until the identity element 1 is encountered, and then go up to the top row.