College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 12 - Problems - Page 464: 42

Answer

The driver of the car hears the siren at a frequency of $579~Hz$

Work Step by Step

We can use the equation for the Doppler effect when both the observer and the source are moving: $f_o = \left(\frac{v-v_o}{v-v_s}\right)~f_s$ $f_o = \left(\frac{343~m/s-28~m/s}{343~m/s-44~m/s}\right)~(550~Hz)$ $f_o = 579~Hz$ The driver of the car hears the siren at a frequency of $579~Hz$
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