The root of polynomial $ p(x) $ is:
$$ \begin{aligned}x &= -\dfrac{ 87 }{ 107 } \end{aligned} $$Step 1:
Combine like terms:
$$ 87+ \color{blue}{98x} + \color{blue}{9x} = \color{blue}{107x} +87 $$Step 2:
$$ \begin{aligned} 107x+87 & = 0 \\[1 em] 107 \cdot x & = -87 \\[1 em] x & = - \frac{ 87 }{ 107 } \end{aligned} $$