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The engine of a train moving with speed 10 ms-1 towards a platform sounds a whistle at frequency 400 Hz. The frequency heard by a passenger inside the train is: (neglect air speed. Speed of sound in air = 330 ms-1)

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a

200 Hz

b

400 Hz

c

388 Hz

d

412 Hz

answer is B.

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There is no change in frequency of sound for an observer inside the source. So he hears the actual frequency because no relative motion between the source and the observer.

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The engine of a train moving with speed 10 ms-1 towards a platform sounds a whistle at frequency 400 Hz. The frequency heard by a passenger inside the train is: (neglect air speed. Speed of sound in air = 330 ms-1)