Larry reads 42 pages in 7 nights each week. Anna reads 62 pages in 5 nights each week. Who reads more pages in a week?
2 Answers
Anna
Explanation:
Larry reads 6 pages a day for a total of 42 pages
Anna reads 12.4 pages a day for 5 days, but if she reads all 7 days she will read 86.8 pages.
Even if Anna only read 5 days she still reads 62 pages which is more than the 42 days that Larry reads.
Anna reads more at 62 in 1 week
Explanation:
Taking the wording of the question literally:
Keep in mind that a week consists of 7 days
Also that notice that the questions wording includes "each week"
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The wording: "42 pages
This is very different to 42 pages
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The wording: "62 pages
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As these are the amounts each week and the question requires the answer for "each week" we may and can make a direct comparison between the given counts without any mathematical manipulation