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Question 46573: Perform the indicated operation and expression lowest terms. I really need help!

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Perform the indicated operations:
%28%283x%5E2%28x-4y%29-20x%28x-4y%29%2B25%28x-4y%29%29%2F%283x%5E2%284y-x%29-14x%284y-x%29-5%284y-x%29%29%29%2F%28%284x-1%29%2F%283x%2B1%29%29
%28%28%28x-4y%29%283x%5E2-20x%2B25%29%29%2F%28%284y-x%29%283x%5E2-14x-5%29%29%29%2A%28%283x%2B1%29%2F%284x-1%29%29 Factor the top trinomial and the bottom trinomial.
%28%28%28x-4y%29%283x-5%29%28x-5%29%29%2F%284y-x%29%283x%2B1%29%28x-5%29%29%2A%28%283x%2B1%29%2F%284x-1%29%29 Cancel the common factors in the top and bottom.
%28%28x-4y%29%283x-5%29%29%2F%284y-x%29%284x-1%29 Rewrite (4y-x) as -(x-4y)
%28%28x-4y%29%283x-5%29%29%2F%28-%28x-4y%29%284x-1%29%29 Cancel the common factors.
-%283x-5%29%2F%284x-1%29