Question

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Answer 1

`{(x + (1)/(x) )}^(2) = {x}^(2) + 2x( (1)/(x) ) + \frac{1}{ {x}^(2) }`

`{(x + (1)/(x)) }^(2) = {x}^(2) + 2 + \frac{1}{ {x}^(2) }`

`a = 2`