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algebra senior

Problem

Let and . Find .
Solution
We don't know , so we don't have an expression we can simply stick in to get an answer. We do, however, know that . So, if we can figure out what to put into such that is output, we can use our expression for to find .

If , then , which gives , so . Therefore, we have . But we also know that , so .
Final answer
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