why it is not continuous for a absolute value division?

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the question is : is y=|x-1|/(x-1)continuous on (-infi, +infi):

I am wondering why this equation is not continuous when x = 1

I think when x=1, y will be 1

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$\lim_{x\to 1^+}\frac{|x-1|}{x-1}=\lim_{x\to 1^+}\frac{x-1}{x-1}=1\color{red}{\neq}\lim_{x\to 1^-}\frac{|x-1|}{x-1}=\lim_{x\to 1^-}\frac{-(x-1)}{x-1}=-1$