Stephen read about 9 pages more each week.
What is a linear equation in math?
If stephen reeds 278 pages in 7 week ,
To find number of pages read in 1 week, divide 278 by 7
= [tex]\frac{278}{7}[/tex] ⇒ 39.71
Another person reads 31 pages each week.
So stephen reads allmost 40 per week and alice 31.
Then, we need to find the difference between them
Difference = 40 - 31 = 9
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