Question 893224: what are differences between expressions and functions? if we can find solution to expression in order to find the variable why functions were introduced?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! An expression is like a phrase or a clause; a function is like a sentence.
One can evaluate an expression; and one can evaluate a function for a given value for an input variable.
Another attempt:
An expression is a number. The number can be written with plain numbers and variables, or it can be written just in variables.
 ,  ,  , or any such way of writing a number is an expression.
A function is, for your purpose, a statement usually using symbols and numbers, that some number with a name is equal to an expression. The name for the function is given a letter like f, or g, or h, or sometimes other letters.
f(x) or g(x) or h(x) is a name of a function. A function is often written as an equation, for example:
 or  or  .
The left side of the equation is a number. The right side of the equation is a number.
We can use functions to say that a quantity (the name of the function) depends on the value of a variable.
If we have a function like  , then this means the value of f depends on the value of x.
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If we want x=-3, then we can find  , which means  .
If we want x=7, then we can find  , which is  .
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