The equation you provided is:
45 - a = 9
To solve for 'a', you would want to isolate 'a' on one side of the equation. You can do this by subtracting 45 from both sides of the equation:
45 - a - 45 = 9 - 45
This simplifies to:
-a = -36
Now, since we want 'a' and not '-a', we can multiply both sides of the equation by -1 to get:
-a * -1 = -36 * -1
a = 36
So the solution to the equation is a = 36.
