I wish I had your work! Simply put, this is Algebra 1.
You are given:
9 + b = 14
You need to find b so in order to do that we need to make "b" be by itself, we can subtract nine on both siides of the equal side to have b on one side and the value on the other:
b = 5
You can't simplify this any further so it's the answer, In order to check, just plug in 5 where b was in the equation.
Hope this helps