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-9x<17-5
Subtract 5 from both sides.
-9x<12
Subtract 5 from 17 to get 12.
x>\frac{12}{-9}
Divide both sides by -9. Since -9 is negative, the inequality direction is changed.
x>-\frac{4}{3}
Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{-9} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.