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algebra intermediate

Problem

A portion of the graph of is shown in red below. The distance between grid lines is unit.

Compute .

problem
Solution
Working from the inside out, we start by computing . Since is on the graph, we have .

Therefore, . Since is on the graph, we have .

Therefore, . Since is on the graph, we have , and we also see that applying any number of additional times will leave us at . Therefore, .
Final answer
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