SOLVED:You have learned two ways to make an alkyl benzene: Friedel-Crafts alkylation, and Friedel-Crafts acylation followed by reduction. Although some alkyl benzenes can be prepared by both methods, it is often true that only one method can be used to prepare a given alkyl benzene. Which method(s) can be used to prepare each of the following compounds from benzene? Show the steps that would be used.

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