What Is 1/5 in Fractional Terms?

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Yu no 1/x, right ? so what is 1/5 ?
 
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Lotte said:
Yu no 1/x, right ? so what is 1/5 ?

Is it x?

The Bob (2004 ©)
 
The Bob said:
Is it x?

The Bob (2004 ©)
x is any number, like 5 as i said above, so what is 1/5 ?
 
1/5 is just wrong
 
How about 1 ÷ 1/5?

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this made no sense to me. 1/5 is 0.2. 1/5 is 20%. 1/5 is 2/10. i don't really understand what it is we are looking for. The Bob...1 ÷ 1/5 = 5.

1/5 is just a value, self explanatory.