See https://web2.0calc.com/questions/help-please_82538.
The addition property of equality justifies this. You could also say that she simply subtracted 7, and then it would be the subtraction property of equality. This is the case because if you add or subtract (or multiply or divide) the same number on both sides of an equation, the equation will still be the same.
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The graph is misleading because the year’s interval is not constant.
The first year to the second year, the gap is 1 year; in the second to the
third year, the gap is 2; in the third to the fourth year is 4; and the fourth
to the fifth year is 6.
