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Kayla swims at Bellefield Hall every day. Today, a section of the pool is roped off for swim team practices. Usually, Kayla travels the entire perimeter of the olympic pool, swimming 15 laps. If 4 lengthwise lanes are roped off, how many new laps must Kayla do to make sure she swims at least the same length?

Assume: \\ ∙\bullet An Olympic pool is 25 meters wide and 50 meters long. \\ ∙\bullet There are 10 length-wise lanes per olympic pool. \\ ∙\bullet Kayla only wants to swim complete laps.

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