An observer travelling with a constant velocity of 20ms-1, passes close to a stationary source of sound and notices that there is a change of frequency of 50 Hz as he passes the source. What is the frequency of the source?
The source is stationary so while the observer/listener's velocity is .
What is given is the change in frequency which is 50 Hz, this means Thus, from
we obtain
Therefore, the frequency of the sound emitted by the source is 850 Hz.
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