Question

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?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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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`color(red)("Larry "->" each week " -> 42" pages"`
The wording: "42 pages`color(magenta)(" in ")`7 nights.." indicates that the total count of pages is 42. Also it is important that this is `color(red)("each week")`.

This is very different to 42 pages `color(magenta)("each night for 7 nights")`

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`color(red)("Anna "->" each week "-> 62" pages"`
The wording: "62 pages`color(magenta)(" in ")`5 nights.." indicates that the total count of pages is 62. Also it is important that this is `color(red)("each week")`.
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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

`color(blue)("Solution: "->" Anna reads more at 62 in 1 week")`