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[10:15 PM EDT - Mental Exercise: So can a Pentium.]

Here's a puzzle I used once before, and it's back by popular demand. The question seems innocent enough, but piecing it together is a different matter entirely.

Using any math symbols or operations you choose, can you make 5 out of two 2's?

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