Given that positive real satisfies the equation above, find the value of without finding the value of .
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4 b 2 − 1 6 b + 4 b 2 − 4 b + 1 b − 4 + b 1 ⟹ b + b 1 ( b + b 1 ) 2 b 2 + 2 + b 2 1 ⟹ b 2 + b 2 1 ( b + b 1 ) ( b 2 + b 2 1 ) b 3 + b + b 1 + b 3 1 b 3 + 4 + b 3 1 ⟹ b 3 + b 3 1 ( b 2 + b 2 1 ) ( b 3 + b 3 1 ) b 5 + b + b 1 + b 5 1 b 5 + 4 + b 5 1 ⟹ b 5 + b 5 1 ( b 3 + b 3 1 ) 2 b 6 + 2 + b 6 1 ⟹ b 6 + b 6 1 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 4 = 4 2 = 1 6 = 1 4 = 4 × 1 4 = 5 6 = 5 6 = 5 2 = 1 4 × 5 2 = 7 2 8 = 7 2 8 = 7 2 4 = 5 2 2 = 2 7 0 4 = 2 7 0 2 Dividing both sides by 4 Dividing both sides by b Rearranging
Now, we have:
( b 6 + b 5 ) ( b 1 1 1 + 1 ) = b 5 1 + b 6 + b 6 1 + b 5 = b 5 + b 5 1 + b 6 + b 6 1 = 7 2 4 + 2 7 0 2 = 3 4 2 6