College Physics (4th Edition)

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

Chapter 26 - Problems - Page 1014: 88

Answer

The astronauts should tune to a frequency of 36 kHz

Work Step by Step

Note that $v = 1.2\times 10^8~m/s = 0.40~c$ We can find the frequency received $f_r$ by the astronauts: $f_r = f_s~\sqrt{\frac{1-v/c}{1+v/c}}$ $f_r = (55~kHz)~\sqrt{\frac{1-(0.40~c)/c}{1+(0.40~c)/c}}$ $f_r = (55~kHz)~\sqrt{\frac{1-0.40}{1+0.40}}$ $f_r = (55~kHz)~\sqrt{\frac{0.60}{1.40}}$ $f_r = 36~kHz$ The astronauts should tune to a frequency of 36 kHz.
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