Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 17 - Waves-II - Problems - Page 509: 58c

Answer

When the sound waves are reflected back to the source, the frequency is $~~2160~Hz$

Work Step by Step

In part (a), we found that the frequency at the detector was $1584~Hz$. In this case: $f = 1584~Hz$ $v_D = 29.9~m/s$ $v_S = 65.8~m/s$ We can find the frequency when the sound waves are reflected back to the source: $f' = f~\frac{v+v_D}{v-v_S}$ $f' = (1584~Hz)~(\frac{329~m/s+29.9~m/s}{329~m/s-65.8~m/s})$ $f' = 2160~Hz$ When the sound waves are reflected back to the source, the frequency is $~~2160~Hz$
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