Question

Syrus is 12 years old and has a younger sister, Samira, who is 6 years old. Syrus says, "Our ages are in a

proportional relationship because I am two times as old as my sister."
Is Syrus correct? Justify your answer.

Answer 1

no

Explanation:

that is because syrus's age only increases instead of 2 each year, so their ages wont stay in propotion for another year. samira will be 7 and syrus will be 13.

syrus age[] samira age

12 [] 7

13 [] 8

14 [] 9

15 []10

16 []11

17 []12