He local high school track team practices on an oval running track. One lap of the track is 1/4 of a mile. - Write an expression
that represents the total distance run based on the number of laps, p, completed. - Determine the total distance run, if a member of the track team completes 22 laps. - Provide work and/or an explanation at how you arrived at your answer.
On the oval track, one lap is 1/4 of a mile. If p laps are completed, the expression that represents the total distance run based on the number of laps is
p × 1/4 = p/4 miles
With the above expression, we would determine the number of miles run buy a team member if we are given the number of laps by just inputting the number of laps for p. Therefore,
if a member of the track team completes 22 laps, the total distance covered by the member would be
