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9-2x=\frac{1}{3}
Add 5 and 4 to get 9.
-2x=\frac{1}{3}-9
Subtract 9 from both sides.
-2x=\frac{1}{3}-\frac{27}{3}
Convert 9 to fraction \frac{27}{3}.
-2x=\frac{1-27}{3}
Since \frac{1}{3} and \frac{27}{3} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.
-2x=-\frac{26}{3}
Subtract 27 from 1 to get -26.
x=\frac{-\frac{26}{3}}{-2}
Divide both sides by -2.
x=\frac{-26}{3\left(-2\right)}
Express \frac{-\frac{26}{3}}{-2} as a single fraction.
x=\frac{-26}{-6}
Multiply 3 and -2 to get -6.
x=\frac{13}{3}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-26}{-6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out -2.