Calculate 5÷(13² - 12²): Division with Difference of Squares

Calculate and indicate the answer:

$5:(13^2-12^2)$

Previously mentioned in the order of arithmetic operations, exponents come before multiplication and division which come before addition and subtraction (and parentheses always come before everything),

Let's calculate first the value of the expression inside the parentheses (by calculating the values of the terms with exponents inside the parentheses first) :

$5:(13^2-12^2) =5:(169-144) =5:25=\frac{5}{25}$where in the second step we simplified the expression in parentheses, and in the next step we wrote the division operation as a fraction,

Then we'll perform the division (we'll actually reduce the fraction):

$\frac{\not{5}}{\not{25}}=\frac{1}{5}$Therefore the correct answer is answer C.