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When you add the same number to each side of an equation, do you always get an equivalent equation? webasign?

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Yes you always do.

eg x - 2 = 8

x - 2 + 2 = 8 + 2

x = 10
if we plug x = 10 into the original equation we se that this fits:-

10 - 2 = 8
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