please help me. i don’t understand how to interpret the (f o g)(x) And (g o f)(x)

fog functions are basically saying f(g(x)).
So (f o g)(x) = f(g(x)).
This is also true for gof functions.
(g o f)(x) = g(f(x)).
All we do for these problems is plug in g(x) into the x value in the f(x) equation.