Wave Motion 4 Question 5
5. Two cars and are moving away from each other in opposite directions. Both the cars are moving with a speed of with respect to the ground. If an observer in car detects a frequency of the sound coming from car , what is the natural frequency of the sound source in car ? (speed of sound in air )
(2019 Main, 9 April II)
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Solution:
- The given condition can be shown below as,
Here, source and observer both are moving away from each other. So, by Doppler’s effect, observed frequency is given by
where,
and
Substituting the given values in Eq. (i), we get