1. 45.8-7.48=38.32 in
2. 5/6-3/4=10/12-9/12= 1/12 miles farther
A function

is periodic if there is some constant

such that

for all

in the domain of

. Then

is the "period" of

.
Example:
If

, then we have

, and so

is periodic with period

.
It gets a bit more complicated for a function like yours. We're looking for

such that

Expanding on the left, you have

and

It follows that the following must be satisfied:

The first two equations are satisfied whenever

, or more generally, when

and

(i.e. any multiple of 4).
The second two are satisfied whenever

, and more generally when

with

(any multiple of 10/7).
It then follows that all four equations will be satisfied whenever the two sets above intersect. This happens when

is any common multiple of 4 and 10/7. The least positive one would be 20, which means the period for your function is 20.
Let's verify:


More generally, it can be shown that

is periodic with period

.
After the translation performed J is now (-2,-2), M is now (-1,-4), K is now (4,1), and L is now (5,-1).
Hope this helps!
0.008 would equal to 8/1000 while 0.08 would be 8/10. That would mean 0.008 is much smaller than 8/10. You use the idea of base 10.