If each mile is 1600 meters, she will need to run 4 laps per mile. To run 8 miles, multiple the laps for one mile (4) by the total number of miles (8) to get the total laps necessary (32).
For an expression to be a polynomial , it must contain no square roots of variables, no fractional or negative powers on the variables, and no variables in the denominators of any fractions.