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No, not Mozart – but close.

Yes.

No to both.

Can I post a face for the time being?

Was he a religious person?

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Your answers are correct. In this particular question f○g and g○f are equal but it should be borne in mind that this is not always the case (and frequently it is not).

Not all of them are necessarily ignorant; some do know what they’re writing about. However, most (if not all) of them like to twist words around to make their story seem more sensational than it is.

Some years ago I saw a story entitled “McDonald’s sued for making their coffee too hot”. I thought: Hang on! Coffee is supposed to be hot. How could anyone be be sued for making their coffee too hot? I read the story, and it turned out that what McDonald’s were sued for was not making their coffee too hot but poor design of their coffee cups, which made the coffee in them spill easily, leading to third-degree burns to the person who successfully sued the company. This is an example of how the press can make an ordinary story sound extraordinary by using words misleadingly.

Some people say that mud is thicker than water.

Bob has worked out

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We can rewrite equation [1] as

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From the diagram in post #4

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Also, substituting (x,y) = (a,h) into [2],

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Cancel the d, simplify, and you should get the answer.

If Scotland becomes independent, who knows … in a few years time, maybe Wales will want to become self-governing as well. And then Northern Ireland will also want to join in – I mean out.