SOLUTION: 6 divided by the difference of a number and 2​, minus 5 divided by a number plus 2​, equals 5 times the reciprocal of the difference of the number squared and 4. What i

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Question 1075073: 6 divided by the difference of a number and 2​, minus 5 divided by a number plus 2​, equals 5 times the reciprocal of the difference of the number squared and 4. What is the​ number?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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This assumes the number is greater than 2, and is called the variable, n.
6%2F%28n-2%29-5%2F%28n%2B2%29=5%281%2F%28n%5E2-4%29%29

Last part of the description needs extra thinking to transcribe. Forming the equation is the hard part.
Solve for n. Note that n%3C%3E2 and n%3C%3E-2.