Answer:
f(x) is a function. For example f(x) = 2x + 1
If you were to say evaluate f(2), you would plug in the '2' to 'x'.
So in the example I gave, f(2) = 2(2) + 1
f(2) = 4 + 1
f(2) = 5
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