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-	{{NAVCONTENT_START}}	+	We can factorize the denominators as
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		+	y^{2}-2y &= y(y-2)\\
		+	y^{2}-4 &= (y-2)(y+2)\quad\text{[difference of two squares]}
		+	\end{align}</math>}}
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		+	and then we see that the terms' lowest common denominator is <math>y(y-2)(y+2)</math> because it is the product that contains the smallest number of factors which contain both <math>y(y-2)</math> and <math>(y-2)(y+2)</math>.
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		+	Now, we rewrite the fractions so that they have same denominators and start simplifying
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		+	{{Displayed math||<math>\begin{align}
		+	\frac{1}{y^{2}-2y}-\frac{2}{y^{2}-4}
		+	&= \frac{1}{y(y-2)}\cdot\frac{y+2}{y+2}-\frac{2}{(y-2)(y+2)}\cdot\frac{y}{y}\\[5pt]
		+	&= \frac{y+2}{y(y-2)(y+2)} - \frac{2y}{(y-2)(y+2)y}\\[5pt]
		+	&= \frac{y+2-2y}{y(y-2)(y+2)}\\[5pt]
		+	&= \frac{-y+2}{y(y-2)(y+2)}\,\textrm{.}
		+	\end{align}</math>}}
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		+	The numerator can be rewritten as <math>-y+2=-(y-2)</math> and we can eliminate the common factor <math>y-2</math>,
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		+	{{Displayed math||<math>\frac{-y+2}{y(y-2)(y+2)} = \frac{-(y-2)}{y(y-2)(y+2)} = \frac{-1}{y(y+2)} = -\frac{1}{y(y+2)}\,\textrm{.}</math>}}

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We can factorize the denominators as

\displaystyle \begin{align} y^{2}-2y &= y(y-2)\\ y^{2}-4 &= (y-2)(y+2)\quad\text{[difference of two squares]} \end{align}

and then we see that the terms' lowest common denominator is \displaystyle y(y-2)(y+2) because it is the product that contains the smallest number of factors which contain both \displaystyle y(y-2) and \displaystyle (y-2)(y+2).

Now, we rewrite the fractions so that they have same denominators and start simplifying

\displaystyle \begin{align} \frac{1}{y^{2}-2y}-\frac{2}{y^{2}-4} &= \frac{1}{y(y-2)}\cdot\frac{y+2}{y+2}-\frac{2}{(y-2)(y+2)}\cdot\frac{y}{y}\\[5pt] &= \frac{y+2}{y(y-2)(y+2)} - \frac{2y}{(y-2)(y+2)y}\\[5pt] &= \frac{y+2-2y}{y(y-2)(y+2)}\\[5pt] &= \frac{-y+2}{y(y-2)(y+2)}\,\textrm{.} \end{align}

The numerator can be rewritten as \displaystyle -y+2=-(y-2) and we can eliminate the common factor \displaystyle y-2,

\displaystyle \frac{-y+2}{y(y-2)(y+2)} = \frac{-(y-2)}{y(y-2)(y+2)} = \frac{-1}{y(y+2)} = -\frac{1}{y(y+2)}\,\textrm{.}