Q.

A car P travelling at 20 ms1sounds its horn at a frequency of 400 Hz. Another car Q is travelling behind the first car in the same direction with a velocity 40 ms1. The frequency heard by the passenger of the car Q is approximately [Take, velocity of sound =360 ms1]

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a

421 Hz

b

471 Hz

c

485 Hz

d

514 Hz

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

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According to doppler effect, the apparent frequency is given by

n1=[C+ϑQC+ϑP]n =400380×400=421Hz

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