Chapter 2 - Solving Equations - 2-2 Solving Two-Step Equations - Practice and Problem-Solving Exercises - Page 91: 34

$b=-5$

We need to get the b alone. Thus, we cancel out the addition by subtracting 14 on both sides. This leaves us with the equation $ -b=5$. In order to cancel out multiplication, we use division, so we divide both sides by -1 to get that $b=-5$. We plug -5 in for b and confirm that our answer is, indeed, correct.