Question

Mario and Luigi ran laps to train for their race. The ratio of number of laps Mario ran to the number of laps Luigi ran was 4:5. If they ran a total of 27 miles, how many miles did Luigi run

Answer 1

15 miles

Explanation:

They both ran a total of 9 laps and 9 laps = 27 miles

This means each lap is 3 miles.

So Luigi ran 15 miles cause he ran 5 lap and each lap is 3 miles