document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1040326>Question 1040326</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If x/y=m and xy does not equal zero, then x-y/y is equal to ? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #655134 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=655134\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let's think in reverse. We want to end up with <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x-y%29%2Fy ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x-y%29%2Fy\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Let's break this up and see how we can get to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Fy ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Fy\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x-y%29%2Fy ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x-y%29%2Fy\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the expression we want to end up with\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Fy-y%2Fy ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Fy-y%2Fy\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Break up the fraction\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Fy-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Fy-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Simplify\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So hopefully you can see that simply subtracting 1 from <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Fy ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Fy\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > will help us get to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Fy-y%2Fy ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Fy-y%2Fy\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which turns into <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x-y%29%2Fy ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x-y%29%2Fy\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So let's apply this to the problem to get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Fy+=+m ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Fy+=+m\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Given\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Fy-1+=+m-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Fy-1+=+m-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Subtract 1 from both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Fy-y%2Fy+=+m-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Fy-y%2Fy+=+m-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Turn the '1' on the left side into <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y%2Fy ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y%2Fy\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (y is nonzero)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x-y%29%2Fy+=+m-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x-y%29%2Fy+=+m-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Combine the fractions\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x-y%29%2Fy ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x-y%29%2Fy\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is equal to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where it is given that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Fy+=+m ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Fy+=+m\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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