Question 10
Magician Ben transforms fruits using these rules.

In words: apple→dragon fruit; dragon fruit→banana; starfruit→pineapple; pineapple→grapes; grapes→apple; banana→starfruit. Ben may apply the transformation repeatedly. The source says an apple can become a dragon fruit and then a banana, and prints this example formula:

Yesterday Ben applied the following five nested transformations:

Which fruit did he obtain after the final step?

In words: apple→dragon fruit; dragon fruit→banana; starfruit→pineapple; pineapple→grapes; grapes→apple; banana→starfruit. Ben may apply the transformation repeatedly. The source says an apple can become a dragon fruit and then a banana, and prints this example formula:

Yesterday Ben applied the following five nested transformations:

Which fruit did he obtain after the final step?



