Why is My Polarized Plate Field Calculation Incorrect?

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I am a little confused why my answer is wrong... Briefly, my answer is as follow: $$P = \epsilon_{0} X E = (\epsilon-\epsilon_{0}) E; \space \space \space \space \space \space \space E = P/(\epsilon-\epsilon_{0})$$
 
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Herculi said:
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I am a little confused why my answer is wrong... Briefly, my answer is as follow: $$P = \epsilon_{0} X E = (\epsilon-\epsilon_{0}) E; \space \space \space \space \space \space \space E = P/(\epsilon-\epsilon_{0})$$
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Are you perhaps confusing the applied field with the local field?