limit of: $\begin{align} \lim_{n\to \infty}\sqrt{n-2\sqrt{n}}-\sqrt{n} \end{align}$

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How to get the limit of:

$\begin{align} \lim_{n\to \infty}\sqrt{n-2\sqrt{n}}-\sqrt{n} \end{align}$

I have formed it to:

$\begin{align} \lim_{n\to \infty}\frac{n(\sqrt{n-2\sqrt{n}}-\sqrt{n})}{n} \end{align}$

And tried to use L'Hopital but unfortunately I am not able to get a result with that:

$f'(x)=\frac{d}{dn}(n(\sqrt{n-2\sqrt{n}}-\sqrt{n}))= (\sqrt{n-2\sqrt{n}}-\sqrt{n})+n\left( \frac{1-\frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}}{2\sqrt{n-2\sqrt{n}}} - \frac{1}{2\sqrt{n}}\right)$

$g'(x)=\frac{d}{dn} n = 1$

$\begin{align} \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{f'(x)}{g'(x)} &= \lim_{n \to \infty}{\frac{(\sqrt{n-2\sqrt{n}}-\sqrt{n})+n\left( \frac{1-\frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}}{2\sqrt{n-2\sqrt{n}}} - \frac{1}{2\sqrt{n}}\right)}{1}} \\ &= \lim_{n \to \infty}{\frac{(\sqrt{n-2\sqrt{n}}-\sqrt{n})+n\left( 0\right)}{1}} \\ &= \lim_{n \to \infty}{\frac{(\sqrt{n-2\sqrt{n}}-\sqrt{n})}{1}} \\ &= \lim_{n \to \infty}{\frac{(\sqrt{\frac{1}{n}-2\sqrt{\frac{1}{n}}}-\sqrt{\frac{1}{n}})}{\frac{1}{n}}} \\ &= 0\\ \end{align}$

Which is wrong. Wolfram says that the limit is $-1$

I appreciate every help :)

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$$\lim_{n\to \infty}\sqrt{n-2\sqrt{n}}-\sqrt{n}=\lim_{n\to \infty}\frac{-2\sqrt{n}}{\sqrt{n-2\sqrt{n}}+\sqrt{n}}=\lim_{n\to \infty}\frac{-2\sqrt{n}}{\sqrt{n}-1+\sqrt{n}}=-1$$