SOLUTION: Simplify: ^y+y-20/^y-2y-8. Assume that the denominator is not equal to 0. I tried very hard to do this on my own but I just can't seem to make any sense out of it.

Question 98461: Simplify:
^y+y-20/^y-2y-8. Assume that the denominator is not equal to 0. I tried very hard to do this on my own but I just can't seem to make any sense out of it.
Answer by 303795(602) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assuming that the problem is

Factorise the top and bottom expressions.

The denominator could not be zero so y can't be 4 or -2.
Cancel out the common factor.

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