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In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the flight is:1 hour

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In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the flight is:1 hour

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The problem seems to be missing some information or may be incorrectly worded. However, I'll try to solve it based on the given information.

Let's denote:

  • the original speed of the aircraft as 's' (in km/hr),
  • the original time it would take to cover the 600 km as 't' (in hours).

From the problem, we know that:

  1. The distance covered is 600 km. So, the original speed times the original time is 600 km. This gives us the equation: s*t = 600.

  2. The average speed of the aircraft was reduced by 200 km/hr due to bad weather. So, the new speed is s - 200.

  3. The time of flight increased by 30 minutes, which is 0.5 hours. So, the new time is t + 0.5.

  4. The aircraft still covered the same distance of 600 km but at a reduced speed and increased time. So, the equation (s - 200)*(t + 0.5) = 600.

We now have a system of two equations, and we can solve it to find the values of 's' and 't'. However, this system is not solvable with the given information. The problem might be incorrectly worded or some information might be missing.

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