Use complete sentences to describe why it is necessary to do the same thing to both sides of an equation to perform valid operations

It is important to do the same thing to both sides of an equation because in the end, both sides will be equivalent, or equal, therefor making the problem true. If you didn't do the same thing on both sides of an equation, one side would be incorrect and not equal to the other side. Hope this helps! Please mark brainliest. Thank you v much! :)

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step-by-step explanation:

we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

from , to get to , we add

from , to get to , we add

etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

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