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Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Prove it United Kingdom

The function ff has the property that f(x+y)=f(x)×f(y)f(x+y) = f(x) \times f(y) for all values of xx and yy. Given that f(x)>0f(x) > 0 for all values of xx, and also that f(24)=4096f(24) = 4096, what is f(18)f(18)?

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