Answer: The input variable is the number of days since September 9th.. The unit for the input variable is single days.
When you are given an equation, there is an input and an output. In this case, you put in the number of days and the output is the distance between the lava and the road.
If you make a chart of the inputs and outputs, you will see that the lava is getting closer to the road.
C because 45.1%=45% so 45% is closest to -3 to 0 degress
Why did you delete my answer?
The formula of a distance between two points:

We have:

substitute:

we have been asked to perform 
The given expression can be written as

Now it can be re-written as below

M= 4 - 9 / 2 - 1
That’s really it