Simplify. Express your answer as a single fraction in simplest form. 5/8xy - 9 ______

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Identify like terms: Identify the like terms and the need to create a common denominator for the terms. Since 9 can be written as a fraction with a denominator of 1, we can rewrite it with a common denominator of 8xy to combine it with the term 5/8xy.Convert whole number to fraction: Convert the whole number 9 to a fraction with the common denominator 8xy. To do this, we multiply 9 by (8xy/8xy), which is equivalent to 1. $ 9 \times \frac{8xy}{8xy} = \frac{72xy}{8xy} $Combine fractions with common denominator: Combine the fractions 5/8xy and 72xy/8xy. Since they now have a common denominator, we can combine the numerators. $ \frac{5}{8xy} - \frac{72xy}{8xy} = \frac{5 - 72xy}{8xy} $Simplify numerator by subtraction: Simplify the numerator by performing the subtraction. $ 5 - 72xy $ is already in its simplest form since 5 and 72xy are not like terms. So the fraction remains $ \frac{5 - 72xy}{8xy} $.Check for further simplification: Check if the fraction can be simplified further. The numerator and the denominator do not have any common factors other than 1, so the fraction is already in its simplest form.

Simplify. Express your answer as a single fraction in simplest form. $\newline$ $\frac{5}{8xy} - 9$

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