Multiple Choice

In a corporate budget report, an analyst applies a 'correction factor' to adjust for inflation. To return the adjusted figures to their original baseline, the analyst multiplies the non-zero correction factor by its multiplicative inverse (reciprocal). Which mathematical property ensures that the product of this operation is always 1?

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