Respuesta :
you would have to subtract that is what is being done you do the opposite of 8.5 which is to subtract -8.5 on both sides y equals 8.7
Answer:
the answer is that the number 8.5 is going to be subtracted.
Step-by-step explanation:
It says in the lesson when a number is going to b added it must be subtracted if the number is going to be subtracted it is going to be added.
so 17.2 - 8.5 = Y. There you go. Welcome.