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Least common denominator (n*n-2*n)/(n+1)-(n*n-1)/(n+2)

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n*n - 2*n   n*n - 1
--------- - -------
  n + 1      n + 2 
$$\frac{- 2 n + n n}{n + 1} - \frac{n n - 1}{n + 2}$$
(n*n - 2*n)/(n + 1) - (n*n - 1)/(n + 2)
General simplification [src]
     2      
1 - n  - 3*n
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     2      
2 + n  + 3*n
$$\frac{- n^{2} - 3 n + 1}{n^{2} + 3 n + 2}$$
(1 - n^2 - 3*n)/(2 + n^2 + 3*n)
Fraction decomposition [src]
-1 - 3/(2 + n) + 3/(1 + n)
$$-1 - \frac{3}{n + 2} + \frac{3}{n + 1}$$
       3       3  
-1 - ----- + -----
     2 + n   1 + n
Assemble expression [src]
 2               2
n  - 2*n   -1 + n 
-------- - -------
 1 + n      2 + n 
$$- \frac{n^{2} - 1}{n + 2} + \frac{n^{2} - 2 n}{n + 1}$$
(n^2 - 2*n)/(1 + n) - (-1 + n^2)/(2 + n)
Rational denominator [src]
        /     2\           / 2      \
(1 + n)*\1 - n / + (2 + n)*\n  - 2*n/
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           (1 + n)*(2 + n)           
$$\frac{\left(1 - n^{2}\right) \left(n + 1\right) + \left(n + 2\right) \left(n^{2} - 2 n\right)}{\left(n + 1\right) \left(n + 2\right)}$$
((1 + n)*(1 - n^2) + (2 + n)*(n^2 - 2*n))/((1 + n)*(2 + n))
Numerical answer [src]
(n^2 - 2.0*n)/(1.0 + n) - (-1.0 + n^2)/(2.0 + n)
(n^2 - 2.0*n)/(1.0 + n) - (-1.0 + n^2)/(2.0 + n)
Powers [src]
 2               2
n  - 2*n   -1 + n 
-------- - -------
 1 + n      2 + n 
$$- \frac{n^{2} - 1}{n + 2} + \frac{n^{2} - 2 n}{n + 1}$$
 2              2
n  - 2*n   1 - n 
-------- + ------
 1 + n     2 + n 
$$\frac{1 - n^{2}}{n + 2} + \frac{n^{2} - 2 n}{n + 1}$$
(n^2 - 2*n)/(1 + n) + (1 - n^2)/(2 + n)
Common denominator [src]
          3      
-1 + ------------
          2      
     2 + n  + 3*n
$$-1 + \frac{3}{n^{2} + 3 n + 2}$$
-1 + 3/(2 + n^2 + 3*n)
Trigonometric part [src]
 2               2
n  - 2*n   -1 + n 
-------- - -------
 1 + n      2 + n 
$$- \frac{n^{2} - 1}{n + 2} + \frac{n^{2} - 2 n}{n + 1}$$
(n^2 - 2*n)/(1 + n) - (-1 + n^2)/(2 + n)
Combining rational expressions [src]
          /      2\                     
- (1 + n)*\-1 + n / + n*(-2 + n)*(2 + n)
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            (1 + n)*(2 + n)             
$$\frac{n \left(n - 2\right) \left(n + 2\right) - \left(n + 1\right) \left(n^{2} - 1\right)}{\left(n + 1\right) \left(n + 2\right)}$$
(-(1 + n)*(-1 + n^2) + n*(-2 + n)*(2 + n))/((1 + n)*(2 + n))
Combinatorics [src]
 /      2      \ 
-\-1 + n  + 3*n/ 
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 (1 + n)*(2 + n) 
$$- \frac{n^{2} + 3 n - 1}{\left(n + 1\right) \left(n + 2\right)}$$
-(-1 + n^2 + 3*n)/((1 + n)*(2 + n))