F X Meaning Math
If you drawing y mx c and y ax2 q on the same axes we will name them.
F x meaning math. But let s use f. So f x shows us the function is called f and x goes in. Identical to equal by definition. The letter symbol or even word before the x is simply a way of allowing you to know which function it is you are talking about.
Unknown value to find. Another notation is im f the image of f under its domain. When 2x 4 then x 2. So f x is used in replacement for the y value.
When i think of y f x i think of y f x 1 x 1 x 2 then y f x 2 x 3 then y f x 3 and so on. X x the image of the function f under the set x dom f. We say f of x equals x squared what goes into the function is put inside parentheses after the name of the function. F x x 2 f x 2x.
And we usually see what a function does with the input. Hi john i find it helps sometimes to think of a function as a machine one where you give a number as input to the machine and receive a number as the output. When you have a graph the equation is usually y something. This may also be written as f x if there is a risk of confusing the image of f under x with the function application f of x.
Symbol symbol name meaning definition example. F x function f x df x dx derivative of the function slope of the function ex. As chewwy says x goes in f x comes out. However sometimes multiple graphs are drawn on the same axes and therefore we give them naes.
F x mx c and g x ax2 q. F x means f x.