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9-9x-5x=17
Subtract 5x from both sides.
9-14x=17
Combine -9x and -5x to get -14x.
-14x=17-9
Subtract 9 from both sides.
-14x=8
Subtract 9 from 17 to get 8.
x=\frac{8}{-14}
Divide both sides by -14.
x=-\frac{4}{7}
Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{-14} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.