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To find \(a\) and \(b\) we add the two decomposed fractions using a common denominator. This gives

\begin{equation*} \frac{1}{(1-x)(1-2x)} = \frac{a(1-2x) + b(1-x)}{(1-x)(1-2x)}\text{.} \end{equation*}

so

\begin{equation*} 1 = a(1-2x) + b(1-x)\text{.} \end{equation*}
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