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A speeding motorcyclist sees traffic jam ahead of him. He slows down to km/h. He finds that traffic has eased and a car moving ahead of him at km/h is honking at a frequency of Hz. If the speed of sound is m/s, the frequency of the horn as heard by him will be
To solve this problem, we will use the Doppler effect formula for sound.The formula for the observed frequency when both the source and observer are moving is:where:• is the frequency of the source ( Hz).• is the speed of sound ( m/s).• is the speed of the observer (motorcyclist) towards the source.• is the speed of the source (car) moving away from the observer.Convert the speeds from km/h to m/s:• Speed of the motorcyclist: km/h m/s.• Speed of the car: km/h m/s.Since the motorcyclist is moving towards the car, m/s.Since the car is moving away from the motorcyclist, m/s.Substitute these values into the Doppler effect formula:Simplify the expression:Calculate the observed frequency: HzTherefore, the frequency of the horn as heard by the motorcyclist is Hz.This corresponds to Option 3.
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