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If x is not equal to 1 and y = 1/(x −1), then which one of the following cannot be the value of y ?

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

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Originally posted by Bunuel on 10 Jun 2019, 02:13.
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Re: If x is not equal to 1 and y = 1/(x −1), then which one of the followi [#permalink] New post   10 Jun 2019, 02:30
Bunuel wrote:
If x is not equal to 1 and y = 1/(x −1), then which one of the following cannot be the value of y ?

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4


y can never be equal to 0 as 1 divided by any number will have some non zero value.

So, Option A
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Re: If x is not equal to 1 and y = 1/(x −1), then which one of the followi [#permalink] New post   10 Jun 2019, 03:10
Answer A - 0

In order for y to be 0 - the numerator must be 0 but this is 1, meaning that y will never be 0
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Re: If x is not equal to 1 and y = 1/(x −1), then which one of the followi [#permalink] New post   07 Sep 2019, 09:44
\(y=\frac{1}{(x-1)}\), \((x-1)=\frac{1}{y}\), the denominator can not be 0 thus y≠0
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