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

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Use the contour map to estimate the value of fx(2,1)\displaystyle {{f}_{{x}}{\left(-{2},{1}\right)}}

fx(2,1)=\displaystyle {{f}_{{x}}{\left(-{2},{1}\right)}}\stackrel{\sim}{=}