Do i solve this by equaling both equations to each other?

Question 5 spring semester final exam math evaluate

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

17 in long 1.3 ft wide and 8in high what is the volume