>if you use that logic, yes.
That's the way functions work. If (for example) f(x) = 3x + cos x, then for any argument, you replace all occurences of "x" with that argument. So, f(15) would be 3(15) + cos 15, and f(abc) would be 3abc + cos abc.
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