Question 0113

Equations and Inequalities
2013 Paper 1 Question 2 Variant

Question

It is given that
y=x27x6x8,xR,x8.y = \frac{ x^2 - 7 x - 6 }{ x - 8 }, \quad x \in \mathbb{R}, x \neq 8.
Without using a calculator, find the set of values that y{y} can take.
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