Question

You are remodeling your kitchen. You've contacted two tiling companies who gladly told you how long it took their workers to tile a floor of a similar size. Jim completed half the floor in 4 hours. Pete completed the other half of the floor in 2 hours. If Pete can lay 25 more tiles per hour than Jim, at what rate can Jim lay tiles?

A. 75 tiles per hour
B. 50 tiles per hour
C. 25 tiles per hour
D. 100 tiles per hour

Answer 1

Jim .25 floor per hour
Pete .5 floor per hour
Pete works twice as fast as Jim
I know answer is B can't find the equation ... yet.

Answer 2

Thank you so much! @wolf1728

Answer 3

u r welcome