Functions and Function Notation · Exercise 96

The amount of garbage, $G,$ produced by a city with population $p$ is given by $G=f\left(p\right).$ $G$ is measured in tons per week, and $p$ is measured in thousands of people.

ⓐ The town of Tola has a population of 40,000 and produces 13 tons of garbage each week. Express this information in terms of the function $f.$
ⓑ Explain the meaning of the statement $f\left(5\right)=2.$

Its source prints no answer for this problem, so there's nothing to check against.

OpenStax, Algebra and Trigonometry 2e · §3.1 Functions and Function Notation · Exercise 96