Question

4m + -9 = -17 How do I solve?

Answer 1

4n-9=-17 add 9 to both sides.
4n =-17+9

Answer 2

These types of problems you get an idea what you need to do

So for your equation 4m + -9 = -17
You would add 9 to each side making your answer look like this :
m=-2

Hope this helped!

Answer 3

@holly01
Aren't you skipping a few steps from adding 9 to both sides to 4m + -9 = -17 to arriving at m = -2? What do you get when all you do is add 9 to both sides?

Answer 4

I am very sorry
So the first step you take is of course take 9 from each side looking like this
1. 17+9 = 26
So your answer is completely wrong
But like @DavidUsa said you have 4n = 17+9