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If = 6 then
= 6 - 4 = 2,
and the equivalent question is:
If = 2, then find the value of .
I solved such problems MANY TIMES in this forum, and just tired of it.
See the lesson
- HOW TO evaluate expressions involving , , and
in this site, and find full solution there (Problem 2), as well as many other relevant hings.
Closely related to it are the lessons
- Advanced lesson on evaluating expressions
- HOW TO evaluate functions of roots of a square equation
- HOW TO evaluate functions of roots of a cubic and quartic equation
- Advanced problems on Vieta's formulas
in this site.
Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
- ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.
The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic "Evaluation, substitution".