How can I add namespaces to the root element of my XML using XSLT?

Question

I have an input XML

  
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Answer 1

Here's how I'd do it in XSLT 2.0...

XML Input

    
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XSLT 2.0

XML Output

   
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Here's an XSLT 1.0 option which produces the same output, but requires you to know the name of the root element...