SOLUTION: Can you please help me? here's the equation: {{{3x-5 over x^2-25 - 2 over x+5}}} the teacher gave us answer and the answer is supposedly: 1 over x-5 i don't understand wher

Question 279569: Can you please help me? here's the equation:

the teacher gave us answer and the answer is supposedly:
1 over x-5
i don't understand where the 1 comes from and where the x+5 goes.
so far I've factored the bottom out but thats as far as i can get and he didnt explain.
Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, Alan3354:
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
check your input!
x^2-25-2 ???
or x^2-25x-2 ??
or ??
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Common DEN = x^2 - 25 = (x-5)*(x+5)
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= 1/(x-5)
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