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2022 AMC 10BProblem 24P21-25~7 minPrint

Consider functions ff that satisfy f(x)f(y)12xy|f(x)-f(y)|\leq \frac{1}{2}|x-y| for all real numbers xx and yy . Of all such functions that also satisfy the equation f(300)=f(900)f(300) = f(900) , what is the greatest possible value of f(f(800))f(f(400))?f(f(800))-f(f(400))?

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