Ask a New Question
Menu

Use the graph to answer the question.

Javi and MeriAnne competed to see who could read the most pages of their novels in a week.

A graph titled Number of Pages Read shows Day of the Week on the x axis and Number of Pages Read on the y axis. For Monday, the bar for Javi reaches 10 and the bar for MeriAnne reaches 20. For Tuesday, the bar for Javi reaches 20 and the bar for MeriAnne reaches 30. For Wednesday, the bar for Javi reaches 60 and the bar for MeriAnne reaches 40. For Thursday, the bar for Javi reaches 20 and the bar for MeriAnne reaches 20. For Friday, the bar for Javi reaches 15 and the bar for MeriAnne reaches 10.

According to the bar graph, how many more pages did the winner of the contest read than the loser? Show your work or explain how you got your answer.

(4 points)

1 answer

To determine how many more pages the winner of the contest read than the loser, we first need to calculate the total number of pages read by both Javi and MeriAnne over the course of the week.

Pages Read by Each Contestant:

  1. Javi's pages read:

    • Monday: 10 pages
    • Tuesday: 20 pages
    • Wednesday: 60 pages
    • Thursday: 20 pages
    • Friday: 15 pages

    Total for Javi = 10 + 20 + 60 + 20 + 15 = 135 pages

  2. MeriAnne's pages read:

    • Monday: 20 pages
    • Tuesday: 30 pages
    • Wednesday: 40 pages
    • Thursday: 20 pages
    • Friday: 10 pages

    Total for MeriAnne = 20 + 30 + 40 + 20 + 10 = 120 pages

Determine the Winner:

Now we need to identify who read more pages:

  • Javi = 135 pages
  • MeriAnne = 120 pages

Javi is the winner since he read more pages than MeriAnne.

Calculate the Difference:

Now, we find out how many more pages Javi read than MeriAnne: Difference = Javi's pages - MeriAnne's pages Difference = 135 - 120 = 15 pages

Conclusion:

The winner, Javi, read 15 more pages than the loser, MeriAnne.