Wave Motion 4 Question 7
7. A musician produce the sound of second harmonics from open end flute of . The other person moves toward the musician with speed from the second end of room. If the speed of sound , the frequency heard by running person will be
(2019 Main, 9 Jan II)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Solution:
- According to the question, the musician uses a open flute of length
and produce second harmonic sound waves
When the flute is open from both ends and produce second harmonic, then
where,
and
For given question
Now, a person runs towards the musician from another end of a hall
There is apparant change in frequency, which heard by person and given by Doppler’s effect formula
Hence, option (a) is correct.