Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 37 - Relativity - Questions - Page 1145: 11c

Answer

We can rank the shuttle craft according to the frequencies they detect: $(1) \gt (4) \gt (2) \gt (3)$

Work Step by Step

We can write an expression for the received frequency when a receiver is moving away from the source with a speed $v$: $f = f_0~\sqrt{\frac{1-v/c}{1+v/c}}$ We can see that $f \lt f_0$ and the received frequency $f$ decreases as $v$ increases. We can list the speed at which each shuttle craft moves away from each respective cruiser: (1) $v_s = 0.40c$ (2) $v_s = 0.70c$ (3) $v_s = 0.90c$ (4) $v_s = 0.60c$ We can rank the shuttle craft according to the frequencies they detect: $(1) \gt (4) \gt (2) \gt (3)$
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