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sofia drove her car 45km and she ran out of gass and had to walk 2km to a gass speed of driving is 15 times her speed of the total time for the drive and walk was 1(1/2) was sofia driving speed?

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Sofia's driving speed, given the relationship between the walking and driving speed is 50 km / h.

How to find the driving speed?

For the driving part, the time spent driving is D / Vd. For the walking part, the time spent walking is W / Vw.

Given that the speed of driving is 15 times her walking speed, we can express Vd in terms of Vw as follows:

Vd = 15Vw

Set up the equations for time:

Time driving + Time walking = Total time

(D / Vd) + (W / Vw) = T

We have values for D, W, and T:

D = 45 km

W = 2 km

T = 1.5 hours

Express Vd in terms of Vw and substitute the known values:

(45 / 15Vw) + (2 / Vw) = 1.5

(3 / Vw) + (2 / Vw) = 1.5

(5 / Vw) = 1.5

Now, solve for Vw:

Vw = 5 / (1.5)

Vw = 10/3 km/h

Now that we have found Sofia's walking speed (Vw), we can find her driving speed (Vd) using the relationship given earlier:

Vd = 15Vw

Vd = 15 * (10/3)

Vd = 50 km/h

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