1. **State the problem:** Simplify the expression $$\frac{\log_2 x}{2} - \frac{\log_2 y}{3} - \frac{\log_2 z}{3}$$.
2. **Recall the logarithm power rule:** For any base $a$, $\log_a b^c = c \log_a b$.
3. **Rewrite each term using the power rule in reverse:**
$$\frac{\log_2 x}{2} = \log_2 x^{\frac{1}{2}} = \log_2 \sqrt{x}$$
$$\frac{\log_2 y}{3} = \log_2 y^{\frac{1}{3}} = \log_2 \sqrt[3]{y}$$
$$\frac{\log_2 z}{3} = \log_2 z^{\frac{1}{3}} = \log_2 \sqrt[3]{z}$$
4. **Substitute back into the expression:**
$$\log_2 \sqrt{x} - \log_2 \sqrt[3]{y} - \log_2 \sqrt[3]{z}$$
5. **Use the logarithm subtraction rule:** $\log_a b - \log_a c = \log_a \frac{b}{c}$.
6. **Combine the last two terms:**
$$\log_2 \sqrt{x} - \log_2 \left( \sqrt[3]{y} \cdot \sqrt[3]{z} \right) = \log_2 \frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt[3]{y} \cdot \sqrt[3]{z}}$$
7. **Express the denominator as a single cube root:**
$$\sqrt[3]{y} \cdot \sqrt[3]{z} = \sqrt[3]{yz}$$
8. **Final simplified expression:**
$$\boxed{\log_2 \frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt[3]{yz}}}$$
This means the original expression simplifies to the logarithm base 2 of the square root of $x$ divided by the cube root of the product $yz$.
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