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In order to find b you need to isolate it on one side of the equation.
To do this you perform the same operations on both side of the equation.
18 - b = 4
To get -b on it's own subtract 18 from both sides
-b = 14
To get +b multiply both sides by -1 to get rid of the negative sign on the b
b = -14