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Inventory Optimization Formula Audit

An operations technician at a local distribution center is auditing a spreadsheet formula used to optimize package sorting rates. The formula contains the following subtraction of two rational expressions:

y2−5yy2−4−6y−64−y2\frac{y^2 - 5y}{y^2 - 4} - \frac{6y - 6}{4 - y^2}

To combine these terms and simplify the formula, the technician must first establish a common denominator. State the algebraic relationship between the two current denominators, y2−4y^2 - 4 and 4−y2{}4 - y^2, and recall the exact mathematical action required to rewrite the second fraction, 6y−64−y2\frac{6y - 6}{4 - y^2}, so that its denominator matches the first.

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