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 9 hours . Pete completed the other half in 5 hours. If Pete can lay 35 more tiles per hour than Jim, what equation would you use to find the rate that Jim can lay tiles. Let x represent Jim’s rate

Respuesta :

The equation would be:

5(x + 35) = 9x

5x + 175 = 9x

4x = 175

x= 43.75

This means Jim could lay 43 tiles an hour, and Pete could lay 78!

Hope this helps!

The correct answer would be 9x=5(x=35)