SOLUTION: simplify by removing factors of 1: 6y-42/7-y

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Question 314251: simplify by removing factors of 1:
6y-42/7-y
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
First, let's rewrite 6y-42/7-y as:
-6(7-y)/7-y
Now we can cancel out the (7-y) which gives us:
-6 as the simplified form.
Make sense?
RJ
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