You missed smth over here:
(a + b*)* =
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(a + b*)* =
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truplayer256
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Is there another piece of important information that goes along with this problem? If not, then I don't think this problem is solvable.
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The problem might be wrong, but with the info that you provided I believe that the "*" operation is defined as:
x* = 2 - x.
After defining the problem, they ask you to calculate (a + b*)*. You begin by working the stuff in the parenthesis: b* = 2 - b and you replace b* in the initial form:
(a + b*)* = (a + 2 - b)*.
Now, from this point you consider a + 2 - b as a number on its own and you apply the operation:
(a + 2 - b)* = 2 - (a + 2 - b) = 2 - a - 2 + b = b - a.
x* = 2 - x.
After defining the problem, they ask you to calculate (a + b*)*. You begin by working the stuff in the parenthesis: b* = 2 - b and you replace b* in the initial form:
(a + b*)* = (a + 2 - b)*.
Now, from this point you consider a + 2 - b as a number on its own and you apply the operation:
(a + 2 - b)* = 2 - (a + 2 - b) = 2 - a - 2 + b = b - a.
Deepoe, please check the question again. How come one put b=2-b fomr nowhere... there should a defined function as DanaJ said.
Shubham.
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