Find x for the following proportion 2x/7=1/3

You are remodeling your kitchen. you’ve contacted two tiling companies who gladly told you how long it took their workers to tile of a similar size jim completed half the floor in 8 hours. pete completed half of the other floor in 7 hours. if pete can lay 20 more tiles per hour than jim, at what rate can jim lay tiles

If i have one apple and give you the apple, how many apples do i have?

How many glue sticks are in a basket containing 96 scissors, if the ratio of glue sticks to scissors is 19 to 57.