document.write( "Question 1209501: [x/(x-1)]^(1/x) = (x-1)^(x-2),
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document.write( "There is no algebraic way to handle this.\r\n" );
document.write( "I'd just use a TI-84 calculator and approximate it.\r\n" );
document.write( "You can use logs, but it doesn't help.  When unknowns\r\n" );
document.write( "appear both in and out of exponents or special functions,\r\n" );
document.write( "then algebra is useless.\r\n" );
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document.write( "x ≈ 2.501721792\r\n" );
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