SOLUTION: By driving 10 miles per hour slower than Jim, Barbara travels the same distance in 3 hours as Jim does in 2 hours. How fast does each of them drive?

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Question 1066504: By driving 10 miles per hour slower than Jim, Barbara travels the same distance in 3 hours as Jim does in 2 hours. How fast does each of them drive?
Answer by ikleyn(52878)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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(J-10)*3 = 2*J.          (The "distance" equation)


Solve for J, which is Jim's speed. Then find Barbara' speed.


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