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Let $f(x)=x+2$ and $g(x)=x/3.$ Also denote the inverses to these functions as $f^{-1}$ and $g^{-1}.$ Compute \[f(g^{-1}(f^{-1}(f^{-1}(g(f(19)))))).\]

 Nov 16, 2014

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 f(x)=x+2f1(x)=?y=x+2|xyx=y+2y=x2f1(x)=x2g(x)=x3g1(x)=?y=x3|xyx=y3y=3xg1(x)=3x 

 f(19)=19+2=21g(21)=213=7f1(7)=72=5f1(5)=52=3g1(3)=33=9f(9)=9+2=11 

f(g1(f1(f1(g(f(19))))))=11

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 Nov 17, 2014
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 f(x)=x+2f1(x)=?y=x+2|xyx=y+2y=x2f1(x)=x2g(x)=x3g1(x)=?y=x3|xyx=y3y=3xg1(x)=3x 

 f(19)=19+2=21g(21)=213=7f1(7)=72=5f1(5)=52=3g1(3)=33=9f(9)=9+2=11 

f(g1(f1(f1(g(f(19))))))=11

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