A plane left half an hour later than the scheduled time and in order to reach its destination 1500 kilometre away in time, it had to increase its speed by 33.33 per cent over its usual speed. Find its increased speed. (a) 250 kmph (b) 500 kmph (c) 750 kmph (d) 1000 kmph
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- By increasing the speed by 33.33%, it would be able to reduce the time taken for traveling by 25%.
- But since this is able to overcome the time delay of 30 minutes, 30 minutes must be equivalent to 25% of the time originally taken.
- Hence, the original time must have been 2 hours and the original speed would be 750 kmph.
- Hence, the new speed would be 1000 kmph.
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