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Manuscript Pages

Mother asked vera to type up a manuscript.  Vera decided “ I will type an average of 20 pages a day”. She typed the first part of the manuscript rather lazily, at 10 pages per day, but to make up for this she typed the second half at 30 pages a day.  “See, I did 20 pages a day” said Vera to her mother:

(10+30)/2=20

“No, you didn’t” said her mother.  Who was right?

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