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How do you (C^2-5c)/(c^2-25) in partial fractions?

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 2      
c  - 5*c
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 2      
c  - 25 
$$\frac{c^{2} - 5 c}{c^{2} - 25}$$
(c^2 - 5*c)/(c^2 - 25)
Fraction decomposition [src]
1 - 5/(5 + c)
$$1 - \frac{5}{c + 5}$$
      5  
1 - -----
    5 + c
General simplification [src]
  c  
-----
5 + c
$$\frac{c}{c + 5}$$
c/(5 + c)
Combinatorics [src]
  c  
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5 + c
$$\frac{c}{c + 5}$$
c/(5 + c)
Numerical answer [src]
(c^2 - 5.0*c)/(-25.0 + c^2)
(c^2 - 5.0*c)/(-25.0 + c^2)
Common denominator [src]
      5  
1 - -----
    5 + c
$$1 - \frac{5}{c + 5}$$
1 - 5/(5 + c)
Combining rational expressions [src]
c*(-5 + c)
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        2 
 -25 + c  
$$\frac{c \left(c - 5\right)}{c^{2} - 25}$$
c*(-5 + c)/(-25 + c^2)