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One mole contains 6.022 × 10²³ particles — if a mole of seconds passed, it'd be 19 quadrillion years.
Did you know?
One mole contains 6.022 × 10²³ particles — if a mole of seconds passed, it'd be 19 quadrillion years.
A siren emitting a sound of frequency 800 Hz moves away from an observer towards a cliff at a speed of Then, the frequency of sound that the observer hears in the echo reflected from the cliff is (Take velocity of sound in air = 330)
838 Hz
885 Hz
765 Hz
800 Hz
To solve this problem, we need to use the Doppler effect formula for sound.The siren is moving away from the observer and towards the cliff.Let's break down the problem into two parts:1. Frequency heard by the cliff ():The frequency heard by the cliff is given by the formula:where is the velocity of sound in air (330 is the velocity of the source (15 and is the original frequency of the siren (800 Hz).Substitute the values: Hz2. Frequency of the echo heard by the observer ():The cliff acts as a stationary source reflecting the sound back to the observer.The observer hears the frequency given by:where is the velocity of the observer (0 since the observer is stationary).Substitute the values:Therefore, the frequency of the echo heard by the observer is Hz.However, we must consider the Doppler effect again as the sound travels back to the observer.The correct approach is to consider the relative motion of the source and observer: HzThus, the frequency of sound that the observer hears in the echo reflected from the cliff is Hz.This corresponds to Option 1.
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