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100pts When you are getting dressed, you put your socks on first and then your shoes on second. But to undo this, you take your shoes off first and your socks off second. Why do you have to reverse the order? Use this scenario to help you explain why it is helpful to work backward when solving equations.

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The order is reversed because the shoes are covering the socks, so to take off the socks we need to first take off the shoes
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