Explain why, if $P$ is equivalent to $Q$, then $\sim P$ is equivalent to $\sim Q$?

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In "A Transition to Advanced Mathematics", the 8th edition, for chapter 1 problem 8 (c), I must explain why the following is true:

If $P$ is equivalent to $Q$, then $\sim P$ is equivalent to $\sim Q$

(Note in the chapter one we only learned about $\sim$, $\land$, $\lor$, and truth values with truth tables)

Attempt

$\sim P$ has the opposite truth value of $P$, and $P$ is equivalent to $Q$. Therefore, $\sim P$ has the opposite truth value as $Q$. Since $\sim P$ has the opposite truth value as $Q$, and $Q$ has the opposite truth value as $\sim Q$, we get $\sim P$ has the same truth value as $\sim Q$. Therefore, $\sim P$ is equivalent to $\sim Q$.

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