SOLUTION: Can x-5 be cancelled to 5-x

Question 894494: Can x-5 be cancelled to 5-x
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Yes

Factor out -1 from the denominator, now you have

Which is

Cancel (x-5) and you have

which iequals -1

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