Engineer- OR, Mathematician test

SNIP
At any rate, I suspect Mr. Cooke would be a great deal more interested in
your forbearance than I have any reason (beyond my somewhat suspicious
name
[assuming that really IS my name], that is) to be. Wot?


Does one add the brackets first, and then multiply? Algebraically speaking
of course.

Just to flesh it out, as it were?

TL
MC

"Mike Connor" wrote in message
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SNIP
At any rate, I suspect Mr. Cooke would be a great deal more interested
in
your forbearance than I have any reason (beyond my somewhat suspicious
name
[assuming that really IS my name], that is) to be. Wot?


Does one add the brackets first, and then multiply? Algebraically speaking
of course.

Well, the truth is that I've been looking at that hideous amalgamation of
scavenged parts for some time now and all I can think of is that, for the
first time in my life, I really believe I have a good idea of what Victor
Frankenstein felt like.

Just to flesh it out, as it were?

See?! See what I mean?!

Wolfgang
who probably won't get any sleep at all tonight.