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Melanie runs around the track at a rate of 1 mile every 8 minutes. If her running rate remains the same, which method could be used to determine the number of minutes for her to run 5 miles?

Melanie runs around the track at a rate of 1 mile every 8 minutes. If her running-example-1

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option number 3. this is the answer because she runs a mile in 8 minutes, so in order to find out how much it would take to run 5 miles, you would multiply 5 by 8.
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