You are remodeling your kitchen. You've contacted two tiling companies who gladly told you how long it took their workers to tile a floor of a similar size. Jim completed half the floor in 7 hours. Pete completed the other half of the floor in 6 hours. If Pete can lay 15 more tiles per hour than Jim, what equation would you use to find the rate that Jim can lay tiles? Let x represent Jim's rate.

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