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Groups and the Group Axioms · Hard problem

On the interval (−1,1)(-1,1), define a∗b=a+b1+aba*b=\dfrac{a+b}{1+ab}. This operation makes (−1,1)(-1,1) into a group with identity element 00. Find the element xx such that 12∗x=45\tfrac{1}{2}*x=\tfrac{4}{5}.