Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter R - Review of Basic Concepts - R.5 Rational Expressions - R.5 Exercises - Page 54: 83

Answer

$\frac{y^2-2y-3}{y^2+y-1}$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Perform operations to the numerator: $\frac{y+3}{y}-\frac{4}{y-1}=\frac{y^2-y+3y-3-4y}{y(y-1)}=\frac{y^2-2y-3}{y(y-1)}=\frac{(y-3)(y+1)}{y(y-1)}$ Step 2. Perform operations to the denominator: $\frac{y}{y-1}+\frac{1}{y}=\frac{y^2+y-1}{y(y-1)}$ Step 3. Use the above results in the original expression, we have: $\frac{\frac{y+3}{y}-\frac{4}{y-1}}{\frac{y}{y-1}+\frac{1}{y}}=\frac{\frac{(y-3)(y+1)}{y(y-1)}}{\frac{y^2+y-1}{y(y-1)}}=\frac{(y-3)(y+1)}{y(y-1)}\cdot\frac{y(y-1)}{y^2+y-1}=\frac{(y-3)(y+1)}{y^2+y-1}=\frac{y^2-2y-3}{y^2+y-1}$
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