Let and . Find the sum of all possible constant terms of all functions that are compositions of the functions and in which and each appear exactly 4 times.
For example, a composition of and in which and each appear exactly 2 times could be or .
Also note that the constant term of a function is equal to .
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Note that f(g(x)) = g(f(x)) = 225x + 56 . Thus, all such compositions are equal to each other. Therefore, there is only one possible value of the constant term which is equal to the constant term of f(f(f(f(g(g(g(g(x)))))))) which is 9⁴ × (25⁴ - 1)/4 + (9⁴ - 1)/4 = 640722656 .