Generating Symmetric Group from a subset

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Show that Sn (the finite symmetric group) is generated by the subset {(1, 2),(2, 3),...,(n − 1, n)} by using the formula σ·(a1,...,ak)·σ−1 = (σ(a1),...,σ(ak))

I know that we can get any k-cycle from this subset but I'm not sure how to choose σ to make use of the formula. Any advice would be appreciated!