SOLUTION: w-2/w-1=4/w+5

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Question 751264: w-2/w-1=4/w+5
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w - 2/w - 1 = 4/w + 5
Common denominator (w - 1)(w + 5)
(w + 5)(w - 2) = 4(w - 1)
w^2 + 3w - 10 = 4w - 4
w^2 + 3w - 4w - 10 + 4 = 0
w^2 - w - 6 = 0
(w + 2)(w - 3) = 0
w = -2 or w = 3