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Algebra Level 4

Let f ( x ) = 9 x + 2 f(x) = 9x+2 and g ( x ) = 25 x + 6 g(x) = 25x+6 . Find the sum of all possible constant terms of all functions that are compositions of the functions f f and g g in which f f and g g each appear exactly 4 times.

For example, a composition of f f and g g in which f f and g g each appear exactly 2 times could be f ( f ( g ( g ( x ) ) ) ) f(f(g(g(x)))) or f ( g ( f ( g ( x ) ) ) ) f(g(f(g(x)))) .

Also note that the constant term of a function h h is equal to h ( 0 ) h(0) .


The answer is 640722656.

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H K
Mar 25, 2017

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 .

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