How do you simplify $(9y + 8) / (y)$ and what are the restrictions?

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Answer 1 · 2015-06-03T17:42:25

$y$ must be different from zero, to avoid a division by zero; then you can have:
$(9y+8)/y=(9cancel(y))/cancel(y)+8/y=9+8/y$

How do you simplify (9y + 8) / (y)(9y + 8) / (y) and what are the restrictions?