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Need help symplifying algebraic fraction!?

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heres the prob:

( (1/x)-(1/5) ) / ( (1/x^2) - (1/25) )

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  1. first goes to (1/0.5)-(1/.2) multiply first by 2 and second by 5

    (2/1)-(5/10)=-3/0

    i think . . . x's should cancel out


  2. ((1/x)-(1/5) ) / ( (1/x^2) - (1/25))

    = (5/5x - x/5x) / ( 25/25x^2 - x^2/25x^2)

    = (5-x)/(5x) / (25-x^2)/(25x^2)

    = (5-x) / (5-x)(5+x)/(5x)

    = 5x / (5+x)

    (9-x^-2) / (3+x^-1)

    = (9 - 1/x^2) / (3 + 1/x)

    = (9x^2 -1) / x^2 / (3x+1)/x

    = (9x^2 -1) / x / (3x+1)

    = (3x-1)(3x+1) / x / (3x+1)

    = (3x-1) / x

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