Melinda's family walked farther.
Explanation:
First step in solving this is to change both fractions to make them they have the same denominator, so that they are comparable. To do this, we find the LCM of the denominators (6 and 8), which is 24. Since 6 x 4 = 24, we multiply 4 by 4 as well to get 16/24 (Melinda's family.) Now, for Owen's family, we know that 8 x 3 = 24, therefore we multiply 5 by 3 as well to get 15/24. So, we now know that Melinda's family walked 16/24 and Owen's family walked 15/24. The last step would be to compare the numerators, and because 16 is greater than 15, Melinda's family walked farther
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