Answer to Question #306265 in Molecular Physics | Thermodynamics for bob

Question

An ambulance driving 20.0 m/s emits a sound wave with a frequency of 500 Hz. As it drives away from a hospital, which of the following is the only possible frequency heard by the medical staff who are standing at the entrance? 

Answer 1

The Doppler's effect equation says

$$f=f_0\frac{c}{c+v_s}$$

$$f=500*\frac{340}{340+20}=472\:\rm Hz$$