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Solved by pluggable solver: EXPLAIN simplification of an expression
Your Result:

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  • Graphical form: \"%283y%5E2-3y%29%2F%28y-1%29\" simplifies to \"3%2Ay\"
  • Text form: (3y^2-3y)/(y-1) simplifies to 3*y
  • Cartoon (animation) form: \"simplify_cartoon%28+%283y%5E2-3y%29%2F%28y-1%29+%29\"
    For tutors: simplify_cartoon( (3y^2-3y)/(y-1) )
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DETAILED EXPLANATION

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Look at \"highlight_red%28+%283%2Ay%5E2-3%2Ay%29+%29%2Fhighlight_red%28+%28y-1%29+%29\".
Canceled out common factors (y-(1))
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Look at \"highlight_red%28+%28highlight_red%28+3%2Ay+%29%29%2F%281%29+%29\".
Remove unneeded parentheses around factor \"highlight_red%28+3+%29\",\"highlight_red%28+y+%29\"
It becomes \"highlight_green%28+3+%29%2Ahighlight_green%28+y+%29%2F%281%29\".
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Look at \"highlight_red%28+3%2Ay%2F%28highlight_red%28+1+%29%29+%29\".
Remove unneeded parentheses around factor \"highlight_red%28+1%2F1+%29\"
It becomes \"3%2Ay%2Fhighlight_green%28+1+%29\".
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Look at \"3%2Ay%2Fhighlight_red%28+1+%29\".
Remove extraneous '1' from product \"highlight_red%28+1%2F1+%29\"
It becomes \"3%2Ay\".
Result: \"3%2Ay\"
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Universal Simplifier and Solver

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Done!

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