How do you simplify $(5x-10)/(x^2-64)$ and what are the restrictions?

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Answer 1 · 2015-07-13T02:39:28

There's not much to simplify, but you can factorise

$=(5*(x-5))/((x+8)(x-8))$

The restrictions are that the numerator is not allowed to be $=0$
This means that $x!=-8andx!=+8$

How do you simplify (5x-10)/(x^2-64)(5x-10)/(x^2-64) and what are the restrictions?