document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=99421>Question 99421</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do I solve -9+x=16? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "first add 9 to both sides of the equation, because you have a negative nine.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so it will look like<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-9 +x=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "+9 +x=+9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so you will be left with x on one side and 25 on the other. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "do you understand it? </SPAN>\n" );
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