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-7x+8-9x=0
Subtract 9x from both sides.
-16x+8=0
Combine -7x and -9x to get -16x.
-16x=-8
Subtract 8 from both sides. Anything subtracted from zero gives its negation.
x=\frac{-8}{-16}
Divide both sides by -16.
x=\frac{1}{2}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-8}{-16} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out -8.