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Yes, she is correct.

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No, she is incorrect.

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 Is Sally correct?

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Students seem to miss the fact that division is actually multiplication by the reciprocal or the inverse of multiplication. This question attempts to address that.

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Sally can use her calculator to determine $\\var{num}\\times \\var{den}$ without using the multiplication button since $\\var{num}\\times \\var{den}=\\var{num}\\div\\frac{1}{\\var{den}}$.

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For example, multiplying a number by 2 is the same as dividing that number by a half. 

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The multiplication button on Sally's scientific calculator is broken. However, all the other buttons continue to work. Sally believes that it is now impossible to use her calculator to determine the value of such things as $\\var{num}\\times \\var{den}$.

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