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The tert-butyl group on a benzene ring can be removed in a reverse type Friedel-Crafts alkylation using strong acid.  Using the curved arrow formalism, draw a mechanism showing all the bond breaking and bond making steps of the following reaction.  Make sure to include the important arenium intermediate.

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