Answer:
They repel from each other
Explanation:
Less wind because of the moutians
When she starts out, he is (40x2.5)= 100 miles ahead of her.
She gains (65-40)= 25 miles on him every hour.
It takes her (100/25)= 4 hours to catch up to him.
politics. Famous possible eg is of Werner Heisenberg in WW2. He delayed German attempt to build a nuclear bomb. US did build one ... hiroshima and nagasaki.
debbie may have got skilfully lucky by trial and error