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In a digital imaging application, a technician applies a zoom factor of 4 to a photograph. To restore the image to its original size, the software multiplies the zoom factor by its multiplicative inverse (reciprocal). According to the Inverse Property of Multiplication, the product of 4 and its reciprocal is ____.
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