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Expanding the left side of the given equation, we have $x^2-x-6=14\Rightarrow x^2-x-20=0$. Since in a quadratic with equation of the form $a{x}^2+bx+c=0$ the sum of the roots is $-b/a$, the sum of the roots of the given equation is $1/1=\boxed{1}$.