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-8w=-2
Variable w cannot be equal to 0 since division by zero is not defined. Multiply both sides of the equation by w.
w=\frac{-2}{-8}
Divide both sides by -8.
w=\frac{1}{4}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-2}{-8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out -2.