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= Solution

For <unitary matrices>, $U^\dagger U=I$ and $V^\dagger V=I$. The <adjoint matrix> reverses the order of multiplication, so
$$
(UV)^\dagger(UV)=V^\dagger U^\dagger UV=V^\dagger V=I.
$$
Thus \b[the product is unitary]. Likewise $(UV)(UV)^\dagger=I$, or this follows from invertibility in finite dimension.

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