During a cruise, Mike wants to maintain his exercise schedule. He learns that on the ship’s track, 3 laps is 5/8 of a mile. If Mike wants to run 3 miles, how many laps does he need to run? (Give answer in full laps.)
2007-09-18 08:30:06 · 3 answers · asked by grazy76 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
He needs to run 24/8 to equal three miles, so he needs to that means he needs to do the 5/8 five times to run far enough, which would be 15 laps. Weird way to figure it out probably, but it is how my brain works. Hope it helps.
2007-09-18 08:39:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is easy.
3 laps = 5/8 mile
3 divided by 5/8 is
24/8 divided by 5/8 = 24/5 = 4 4/5
Then multiply this by 3 ( as three laps = 5/8 miles)
24/5 x 3 = 72/5 = 14 2/5 laps.
2007-09-18 16:08:36 · answer #2 · answered by quatt47 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I took 5/8 divided by 3 to get the one lap distance.
that equals 5/24 which = .2083 miles/lap
3miles divided by .2083 miles/lap = 14.4 laps
2007-09-18 17:28:12 · answer #3 · answered by PowercatDC 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋