Please help I'm literally so yeet lol. What is the difference between "y=f(x)" and a number such as "f(a)"?

Jackie purchased 3 bottles of water and 2 cups of coffee for the family for $7.35. ryan bought 4 bottles of water and 1 cup of coffee for his family for 7.15. how much does each bottle of water cost? how much does each cup of coffee cost?

Can someone me and do the problem plz so i can understand it more better

Sketch the vector field vector f( vector r ) = 8vector r in the xy-plane. select all that apply. the length of each vector is 8. the lengths of the vectors decrease as you move away from the origin. all the vectors point away from the origin. all the vectors point in the same direction. all the vectors point towards the origin. the lengths of the vectors increase as you move away from the origin.