Look at this pattern:

Explain the general principle using algebra.
we can write it as
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Using identity
=
+
- 2![]()
and
=
+
+ 2![]()
= 1+
+ 1 -( 1+
-1)
= 1 +
+1 - 1 -
+1
= 2
Similarly it can be done for other numbers.
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