Let the (unary) operations ⊙ and ⊘ be defined so that:
6⊙2⊙10⊙===20436
and
5 ⊘ 10 ⊘ 8 ⊘ ===4.576
Guess the general rule for both operations and then find 3⊙⊙⊘.
Solution
From
6⊙2⊙10⊙===20436
we guess that x⊙=4x−4.
Next from
5 ⊘ 10 ⊘ 8 ⊘ ===4.576
we guess that x⊘ = x/2+2.
So
3⊙⊙⊘=8⊙⊘=28⊘=16.