remember you can do anything to an equation as long as you do it to both sides
17-9x=-3+16x add 9x to both sides 17=-3+25x add 3 to both sides 20=25x divide both sides by 25 [tex]\frac{20}{25}=x[/tex] [tex]\frac{4}{5}=x[/tex] [tex]x=\frac{4}{5}[/tex]
