A contour map for a function f\displaystyle {f} is shown.

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Use the contour map to estimate the value of f(1,3)\displaystyle {f{{\left({1},{3}\right)}}}

f(1,3)=\displaystyle {f{{\left({1},{3}\right)}}}\stackrel{\sim}{=}