How do you know whether to put your value as the input or the output function

The table shows the distance traveled over time while traveling at a constant speed.

() at a farm, animals are fed bales of hay and buckets of gain.each bale of hay is in the shape of a rectangular prism.the base side lengths 2 feet and 3 feet,and the height is 5 feet. each bucket of grain is a cylinder with diameter of 3 feet. the height of the bucket is 5 feet as the height of bale. a. which is larger in area, the rectangular base of the bale or the circular base of the bucket? explain how you know b. which is larger in volume, the bale or the bucket? explain how you know

Asurvey of 2,000 doctors showed that an average of 3 out of 5 doctors use brand x aspirin.how many doctors use brand x aspirin