SOLUTION: Jill travels to work in one hour and 30 minutes. Jane travels to work in one hour and 20 minutes Jane drives 5 mph faster to work and Jill. They both had the same distance to work.

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Hi,

Let x represent Jill's speed    

    |Multiplying thru by 6 so as all denominators = 1

     9x = 8x + 40

      x = 40mph, Jill's speed

Distance to work is  = 60mi