SOLUTION: ) Tom and Jerry are salespersons in ABC company. Yesterday each of them were sent to important customers who work in diferent cities. They left the company at 10 am. When Tom arri

Question 31771: ) Tom and Jerry are salespersons in ABC company. Yesterday each of them were sent to important customers who work in diferent cities. They left the company at 10 am. When Tom arrived at his customer's office, which is 230 miles from his company, he called Jerry and he found that Jerry arrived at the other customer's office at the same time. If Tom and Jerry drove at 46 mph and 55 mph, respectively, how far is Jerry's customer's house from ABC company in miles? Attach the unit mi to your answer.
Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the distance be x:
Tom's speed = 46
230/46=x/55
Cross multiply:
46x=230(55)
46x=12650
x=275
Hence, Jerry's customer's house is 275 miles away.
Paul.
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