Question

Wynne and Emmett are brother and sister. Wynne runs 180 yards Emmett 120 yards. How old are they? How far they run is based on age ratio to each other.

Answer 1

the dot plot is 22

the dot plot has 11

the center and 11

and the center is between 2 and 3

Explanation:

hope this helps

Answer 2

Their ratio bases off of 3:2. 3 representing the brother, 2 representing the sister. I guess the way it works is that the brother is 1.5 times the sister's age, we can conclude that the sister's age can be represented by 'x' whereas the brother is represented as '1.5', together they ran a total of 300 yards, so we can use this to set up the problem:

x + 1.5x = 300 - Now we add like terms:
2.5x = 300 - Divide. x = 120 - Of course upon adding that back in we just reroute back to only knowing how far they ran.
The problem is this, we have no idea what the variable is to determine their ages, the ratio is 3:2, but... the only solutions I can think of are:
If 10 yards = 1 Year of age(roughly) we have:
18 = Brother 12 = Sister
If 20 yards = 1 Year of age(roughly) we have:
9 and 6.
Regardless I can't say for certain what their ages are. :/