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Q.

A rocket is going towards moon with a speed v. The astronaut in the rocket sends signals of frequency n towards the moon and receives them back on reflection from the moon. What will be the frequency of the signal received by the astronaut ? (Take v < <c)

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a

cnc−2v

b

2cnV

c

cnc−v

d

2Vnc

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

 In this case, we can assume that both the source and observer are moving towards each other with velocity v' If c be the velocity of signal, then
η′=c+vc−vn or n′=(C+V)(C−V)(C−V)2n n=c2−v2c2+v2−2cvn=c2c2−2cvn (∵c>>v) cc−2vn

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