Given that , find the range of values of for which is a decreasing function of .
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1. Find the derivative of $y$ with respect to $x$ using the quotient rule.
Let and .
Then and .
2. Simplify the derivative.
3. Set up the condition for a decreasing function.
For to be a decreasing function, .
4. Solve the inequality.
Since for all , the sign of the derivative depends only on the numerator.
The roots of are and .
The quadratic expression represents a parabola opening downwards (since the coefficient of is ).
Therefore, the expression is negative when or .
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