Solving the Math Puzzle: Can't Follow Last Line

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I can't follow the math of the very last line.
It's really annoying me because I know its not supposed to be hard, I have tried multiplying top and bottom by k1+k2 and all kinds of rearranging but I'm not sure how they get from w1 - w2 / k1 - k2 = c (k1-k2) / (k1-k2)

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Given ω1/k1=c
and ω2/k2=c right?
On cross multiplying we'll get ω1=ck1 , ω2=ck2..
Put these values in (ω12)/(k1-k2) And take c outside the bracket so as to arrive at c(k1-k2)/(k1-k2) which on simplification gives c ...
 
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I can't follow the math of the very last line.
It's really annoying me because I know its not supposed to be hard, I have tried multiplying top and bottom by k1+k2 and all kinds of rearranging but I'm not sure how they get from w1 - w2 / k1 - k2 = c (k1-k2) / (k1-k2)

Thanks

They do not write
[tex]\omega_1 - \frac{\omega_2}{k_1} - k_2[/tex]
as you claim. They write
[tex]\frac{\omega_1 - \omega_2}{k_1 - k_2}[/tex]
which you can render in ASCII as (w1 - w2)/(k1-k2).