bcrypt hashed password versus plaintext password

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Lena has already hashed a certain password string. Now she needs her Go program to compare the hashed password with a plaintext password that's been input by a user and saved within the inputPassword variable.

Below is the code Lena has written so far:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "log"

    "golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
)

func main() {
    password := "OpenSesame"
    b, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte(password), bcrypt.DefaultCost)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    var inputPassword string
    fmt.Scanln(&inputPassword)

    // What function from the 'bcrypt' package can we use to compare
    // a hashed password with its possible plaintext equivalent?
    if err := bcrypt.?(?, ?); err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    fmt.Println("Passwords match!")
}

What function from the bcrypt hashed can help Lena compare a hashed password versus a plaintext password? Select the correct function, and also make sure that the correct variables are passed to it!

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