Simplify 6-y/y^2-2y-24?

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Simplify 6-y/y^2-2y-24?

6y
_______
y2-2y-24

Simplify

2007-10-20 12:10:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

4 answers

- (y - 6)
-----------------
(y - 6)(y + 4)

- 1 / (y + 4)

2007-10-21 08:51:07 · answer #1 · answered by Como 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

-1/y-4

2007-10-20 14:02:01 · answer #2 · answered by UNIQUE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Factor.
6-y / (y-6)(y-4)
-1(y-6) / (y-6)(y-4)
Cancel out like terms and you get
-1
____
y-4

2007-10-20 12:18:12 · answer #3 · answered by Rachelle K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

simplify the denominator
6 - y
___________ = -1 (6 - y)

(y - 6)(y + 4) -1 (y - 6)(y + 4)

y - 6
___________ =
(y - 6)( -y - 4)

1
_________________ =
-y - 4

-1
__________
y + 4

2007-10-20 12:23:09 · answer #4 · answered by papastolte 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋