Flight Speed and Delay Calculation
XAT 2024 · Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation · Hard · Arithmetic
A flight, traveling to a destination away, was supposed to take off at 6:30 AM. Due to bad weather, the departure of the flight got delayed by three hours. The pilot increased the average speed of the airplane by from the initially planned average speed, to reduce the overall delay to one hour.
Had the pilot increased the average speed by from the initially planned average speed, when would have the flight reached its destination?
- A.
11:30 PM
- B.
7:50 PM
- C.
5:10 PM
- D.
8:10 PM
- E.
10:36 PM
D
Explanation
Let initial speed be and initial planned time be . .
Delayed departure by 3 hours, overall delay reduced to 1 hour travel time reduced by . So new travel time is . . Solving: .
If speed is increased by , new speed . New travel time .
Actual departure time . Arrival time .
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