SOLUTION: jack and jill both drove from the same school parking lot after school to the same beach parking lot. jill drove 10 miles slower than jack. it took jack 2 hours and jill 3 hours. h

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Question 513194: jack and jill both drove from the same school parking lot after school to the same beach parking lot. jill drove 10 miles slower than jack. it took jack 2 hours and jill 3 hours. how far was the beach parking lot from the school parking lot?
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


rate equals distance divided by time.

Jack's trip:



Jill's trip



Which is to say:



Two things each equal to must be equal to each other, so:



Solve for

John

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