Wave Motion 4 Question 13
6. A train moves towards a stationary observer with speed 34 . The train sounds a whistle and its frequency registered by the observer is . If the speed of the train is reduced to 17 , the frequency registered is . If speed of sound is 340 , then the ratio is
(2019 Main, 10 Jan I)
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Solution:
- When a source is moving towards an stationary observer, observed frequency is given by
where,
Now applying above formula to two different conditions given in problem, we get
and
So, the ratio