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-x>9-17
Subtract 17 from both sides.
-x>-8
Subtract 17 from 9 to get -8.
x<\frac{-8}{-1}
Divide both sides by -1. Since -1 is negative, the inequality direction is changed.
x<8
Fraction \frac{-8}{-1} can be simplified to 8 by removing the negative sign from both the numerator and the denominator.