Let $P$ be a $p$-Sylow subgroup of a finite group $G$, and suppose $a, b$ are in the center of $P$. Suppose further that there is an $x$ in $G$ such that $a = xbx^{-1}$. Then there exists $y$ in $N(P)$ with $a = yby^{-1}$, where $N(P)$ is the normalizer of $P$.
I've been working on this problem since last night and have made basically no progress. Any ideas?
Hint: Show that both $P$ and $xPx^{-1}$ are subgroups of $C_G(a)$, the centralizer of $a$ in $G$, and hence are $p$-Sylow subgroups of $C_G(a)$.