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Now take the Good thing I The values on the vertical axis (other
reciprocals of the brought my than zero) were 9, 15, 22, 35, and 43, so:
vertical axis results calculator
The reciprocal of 9 is 1/9, and 1 ÷ 9 = 0.111.
and plot those today! The reciprocal of 15 is 1/15,
values. and 1 ÷ 15 = 0.066.

Now let me just work through the rest...

The reciprocal of 9 is approximately 0.111

The reciprocal of 15 is approximately 0.066

The reciprocal of 22 is approximately 0.045

The reciprocal of 35 is approximately 0.028

The reciprocal of 43 is approximately 0.023

All Done!
...Huh?!

Reciprocal of
Reaction rate (pMol/hour)

Reciprocal of substrate
concentration (µM)

How strange... Now I'll explain the
It's a straight line!
theory behind this, so
Great you can understand why
job! we take reciprocals.