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9-2x-x=\frac{9}{2}
Subtract x from both sides.
9-3x=\frac{9}{2}
Combine -2x and -x to get -3x.
-3x=\frac{9}{2}-9
Subtract 9 from both sides.
-3x=\frac{9}{2}-\frac{18}{2}
Convert 9 to fraction \frac{18}{2}.
-3x=\frac{9-18}{2}
Since \frac{9}{2} and \frac{18}{2} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.
-3x=-\frac{9}{2}
Subtract 18 from 9 to get -9.
x=\frac{-\frac{9}{2}}{-3}
Divide both sides by -3.
x=\frac{-9}{2\left(-3\right)}
Express \frac{-\frac{9}{2}}{-3} as a single fraction.
x=\frac{-9}{-6}
Multiply 2 and -3 to get -6.
x=\frac{3}{2}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-9}{-6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out -3.