SOLUTION: matt left the white house and traveled toward his cabin on the lake. Ana left one hour later traveling at 40km/h in an effort to catch up to matt. after traveling for three hours A

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Question 861978: matt left the white house and traveled toward his cabin on the lake. Ana left one hour later traveling at 40km/h in an effort to catch up to matt. after traveling for three hours Ana finally caught up. find matt's average speed.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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r*t=d
Ana traveled 120 km in 3 hours and traveled the same distance that Matt traveled in 4 hours.
Matt traveled at 30 kph for 4 hours=120 km
matt went 30 km before ana started.
40-30=10 it took ana 3 hurs to make up those 30 miles.