If you were asked to perform a 1-mile walking journey on a common, standard outdoor track (like one seen at a local high school), you would need to complete 2 laps on the track.

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The statement given is about completing a 1-mile walking journey on a standard outdoor track and claims you would need to complete 2 laps. First, I note that the answer options are not provided here, so I can’t analyze each option in the usual way. I will still reason through the core idea and the proposed correction.

To evaluate how many laps equal a mile on a standard track, we assume a common 400-meter track lap length. A mile is 1,609.34 meters. Dividing 1,609.34 by 400 gives 4.0234 laps. This means that exactly 1 mile would require a little more than 4 laps on a 400-meter track. In practical terms, you would typically complete about 4 laps plus a small additional segment to reach a full mile, or you might run 4 complete laps and a short extra distance depending on when you stop.

With this in mind, the original statement that you would need 2 laps to cover 1 mile is incorrect (you would be far short of a mile after 2 laps). If an option suggests replacing the underlined number with 4 to make the statement true, that aligns with the general rule that roughly 4 laps are needed to approach a mile on a standard track. However, even 4 laps alone would still be just slightly short of a mile (about 1,600 meters vs 1,609.34 meters), so in precise terms you’d need a bit more than 4 laps to complete a mile, or you’d stop a few meters into the 5th lap to reach 1 mile.

Why this correction makes the statement more accurate: substituting 2 with 4 reflects the correct order of magnitude regarding laps per mile on a 400-meter track and aligns with the common teaching that a mile is completed after a little over 4 laps. It avoids the clearly incorrect notion that only half as many laps (2) would suffice.

Why the other potential interpretations would be problematic: if one insisted on sticking with 2 laps, you’d be far short of a mile, which contradicts the definition of distance covered. If someone claimed you need more than 4 laps (e.g., 5 laps) to complete a mile, that would overcount distance beyond a mile unless you stop mid-lap, which introduces rounding and measurement nuance that's not typical in a clean “how many laps” rule of thumb. Since the exact options aren’t shown here, I’m focusing on the logical corrections implied by replacing the underlined number with 4.

In summary, on a standard 400-meter track, a mile requires a little over 4 laps; replacing 2 with 4 moves the statement in the direction of truth, though one should recognize that it’s not precisely 4 laps but a hair more to reach 1,609.34 meters. This reasoning supports the idea behind the suggested correction as a closer approximation to the actual distance.

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