Answer:
The Gold team has 8 swimmers and the silver team also has 8 swimmers.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let T be the total number of swimmers on the Gold team. Since, the Gold team has a 2:3 ratio of 11 year olds to 12 year olds, the number of 11 year old is T' = 2/(2 + 3) × T = 2T/5 and the number of 12 year olds is T" = 3/(2 + 3) × T = 3T/5.
The silver team has a 3:8 ratio of 11 year olds to the total swimmers. Let T₁ be the number of 11 year old swimmers in the silver team. So, from the ratio 3:8, the number of 11 year old swimmers in the silver team is 3 and the total number of swimmers in the silver team is 8.
Since the number of 11 year old swimmers in both teams are the same, then
2T/5 = 3
T = 3 × 5 ÷ 2
T = 15/2
T = 7.5
T≅ 8
So, the Gold team also has 8 swimmers.
So, the Gold team has 8 swimmers and the silver team also has 8 swimmers.
