How do you simplify $(m - 3) / (3 - m)$ and what are the restrictions?

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Answer 1 · 2015-06-15T15:18:37

$(m-3)/(3-m) = -1$ provided $m!=3$

Since division by zero is undefined, for the denominator of $(m-3)/(3-m)$ the value of $m!=0$ .

$(m-3)/(3-m) = ((-1)(3-m))/(3-m) = -1$

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