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2 STEP:STEP 1 of 2: Reduce the rational expression to its lowest terms.

2 STEP:STEP 1 of 2: Reduce the rational expression to its lowest terms.-example-1
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ANSWER:


\begin{gathered} (3y-3)/(1-y)=-3 \\ y\\e1 \end{gathered}

Explanation:

Step 1 of 2:

We have the following expression


(3y-3)/(1-y)

We factor in order to reduce to the lowest terms, like that:


(3\cdot(y-1))/(1-y)=(3\cdot(y-1))/(-1\cdot(y-1))=(3)/(-1)=-3

Step 2 of 2:

In this case the only restriction is when the denominator is equal to 0, therefore we set the denominator equal to 0 and solve for y


\begin{gathered} 1-y=0 \\ -y=-1 \\ y=1 \end{gathered}

Therefore y can't take the value of 1

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