Question

what does f(x) mean?

Answer 1

a function of x

Answer 2

which means...?

Answer 3

function of.

Answer 4

which means function of.

Answer 5

whats the point of saying f(x) then? why don't you just say x?

Answer 6

function of x where x is the indepenadnt variable

Answer 7

function of x

Answer 8

lol

Answer 9

\[f(x) = x^2\]

Answer 10

is an example

Answer 11

function=machine
a function is a machine acting on x

let x=something you put into a machine
and let f(x)=be the output of that machine

let x=water+coffee beans
you put it into the machine (function) f
and you
get f(x)=coffee

Answer 12

people (mathematicians) have been discussing this for years. your best bet it to google it and come up with an explanation that you like and understand

Answer 13

i like my explanation

Answer 14

f is the coffee maker in my explanation

Answer 15

or you can say the coffee maker is the function

Answer 16

but if you are seeing this for the very first time my guess is it will look something like
\[f(x)=x^2+4x\] in which case you are supposed to understand that
\[f(3)=3^2+4\times 3\] etc
@myininaya i am sure your explanation is the best. but still...

Answer 17

yes see that x that x is your watter+coffee beans
and what it spits out which is x^2+4x is your coffee

Answer 18

we always start out abstract and then the next thing you know it is polynomials, rational functions, root functions, trig, logs. blah blah blah

Answer 19

i want some coffee now

Answer 20

me too. i have some made
back later

Answer 21

Listen to the computer