The first student read faster than the second student.
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1:
To determine how long each student takes to read a book, we divide the time taken to read by the number of books read in that period.
Time taken to read a book = [tex]\frac{time taken to read}{number of books read in that period}[/tex].
In the given table, the second column values are times taken to read and the first column represents the number of books read in that period.
Step 2:
For the first student, the time taken is calculated.
The first student's time taken to read a book = [tex]\frac{30}{3}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{50}{5}=\frac{70}{7}[/tex] = 10 minutes to read a book.
Step 3:
Similarly, the time taken to read a book is calculated for the second student.
The first student's time taken to read a book = [tex]\frac{24}{2}=\frac{48}{4}=\frac{72}{6}[/tex] = 12 minutes to read a book.
Step 4:
Now we compare the times taken. The first student read a book in 10 minutes while the second student took 12 minutes for a book. So the first student read faster.
