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Which of the following CANNOT be a value of 6/(x–6)? 15 Feb 2013, 12:19
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Which of the following CANNOT be a value of 6/(x–6)?

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Which of the following CANNOT be a value of 6/(x–6)? 15 Feb 2013, 12:36
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0 because the only way to get a fraction equal to 0 is to have the numerator equal 0.
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Which of the following CANNOT be a value of 6/(x–6)? 19 Feb 2013, 19:37
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I got it now. Answer is zero
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Which of the following CANNOT be a value of 6/(x–6)? 06 Aug 2014, 21:49
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Shouldn't the answer be E?
Because, if we plug in 6 then 6/(6-6)= 6/0= undefined.
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Which of the following CANNOT be a value of 6/(x–6)? 06 Aug 2014, 22:24
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Shouldn't the answer be E?
Because, if we plug in 6 then 6/(6-6)= 6/0= undefined.
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The question doesn't ask for the value of X here, but for the possible results of the equation.

If 6/(x-6) = 0, then the numerator has to be 0 (just as you said, denominator can't be 0.) But since the numerator is 6, C can't be possible.

Hence the answer is C.
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Which of the following CANNOT be a value of 6/(x–6)? 07 Aug 2014, 00:13
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Shouldn't the answer be E?
Because, if we plug in 6 then 6/(6-6)= 6/0= undefined.

The question doesn't ask for the value of X here, but for the possible results of the equation.

If 6/(x-6) = 0, then the numerator has to be 0 (just as you said, denominator can't be 0.) But since the numerator is 6, C can't be possible.

Hence the answer is C.
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Oh got it.
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Which of the following CANNOT be a value of 6/(x–6)?

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Since 6 divided by a number cannot equal zero, 6/(x - 6) cannot be zero.

Answer: C
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Which of the following CANNOT be a value of 6/(x–6)? 22 Nov 2020, 13:06
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Which of the following CANNOT be a value of 6/(x–6)?

A. -1
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Notice that the question is not asking for the value of x.

What can't be the value of \(\frac{6}{(x-6)}\)?

Since we have a six in the numerator, no matter what value we input for x, there is no way we can arrive at an answer of 0. Answer is C.
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Which of the following CANNOT be a value of 6/(x–6)? 22 Nov 2020, 20:05
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Shouldn't the answer be E?
Because, if we plug in 6 then 6/(6-6)= 6/0= undefined.
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You're not plugging in 6, it's saying that the resulting value would be 6.

You would plug in 7 for x to get 6

6/(7 - 6) = 6
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