First we replace the green g(x) by the right side of g(x), which is x3: Next we must find , which means to substitute x3 for x in the right side of g(x), which is also x3, so we get which is So So we substitute x9 for in and get That means to substitute x9 for x in the right side of f(x), which is tan(x) + 1, so the final answer is: Edwin