What frequency (in Hz) is received by a person watching an oncoming ambulance moving at 116 km/h and emitting a steady 950 Hz sound from its siren? The speed of sound on this day is 345 m/s.

Respuesta :

To solve this problem we will apply the concepts related to the Doppler Effect, defined as the change in apparent frequency of a wave produced by the relative movement of the source with respect to its observer. Mathematically it can be written as

[tex]f_{obs} = f(\frac{v_w}{v_w-v_s})[/tex]

Here,

[tex]f_s[/tex]= Frequency of the source

[tex]v_w[/tex] = Speed of the sound

[tex]v_s[/tex]= Speed of source

Now the velocity we have that

[tex]v_s = 116km/h (\frac{1000m}{1km})(\frac{1h}{3600s})[/tex]

[tex]v_s = 32.22m/s[/tex]

Then replacing our values,

[tex]f_{obs} = (950Hz) (\frac{345m/s}{345m/s-32.22m/s})[/tex]

[tex]f_{obs} = 1047.86Hz[/tex]

Therefore the frequency of the observer is 1047.86Hz