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Q.

A siren is fitted on a ambulance going towards a vertical wall at a speed of 36 km/h. A person standing on the ground, behind the ambulance, listens to the siren sound coming directly from the source as well as that coming after reflection from the wall. Calculate the apparent frequency of the wave Coming directly from the siren to the person (in Hz)(Assume speed of sound is 340m/s and frequency is 500Hz)

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answer is 486.

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The speed of the car is  36 km/h = 10 m/s.
Here the observer is at rest with respect to the medium and the source is going away from the observer. The apparent frequency heard by the observer is, therefore,  v'=vv+vsv=340340+10×500Hz=486Hz.

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