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prealgebra junior

Problem

Jack and Jill are going swimming at a pool that is one mile from their house. They leave home simultaneously. Jill rides her bicycle to the pool at a constant speed of miles per hour. Jack walks to the pool at a constant speed of miles per hour. How many minutes before Jack does Jill arrive?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Using , we can set up an equation for when Jill arrives at the swimming pool: Solving for , we get that Jill gets to the pool in of an hour, which is minutes. Doing the same for Jack, we get that Jack arrives at the pool in of an hour, which in turn is minutes. Thus, Jill has to wait minutes for Jack to arrive at the pool.
Final answer
D