Giving reasons on each line of a sequence of equations --- To produce this: \begin{align} v + w & = 0 &\text{Given} \tag 1\\ -w & = -w + 0 & \text{additive identity} \tag 2\\ -w + 0 & = -w + (v + w) & \text{equations $(1)$ and $(2)$} \end{align} write this: \begin{align} v + w & = 0 &\text{Given} \tag 1\\ -w & = -w + 0 & \text{additive identity} \tag 2\\ -w + 0 & = -w + (v + w) & \text{equations $(1)$ and $(2)$} \end{align}