Question #335392

A sound sour moving at a constant speed of 249 m/s towards a detector, emits sound at a constant frequency of 5,100 Hz. Take the speed of sound in the air as 340 m/s. Calculate the wavelength of the sound emitted by the source

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Expert's answer
2022-04-29T12:30:15-0400

The Doppler's effect equation says

f=f0ccv=5100340340249=19055Hzf=f_0\frac{c}{c-v}=5100*\frac{340}{340-249}=19055\:\rm Hz

The wavelength

λ=cf=34019055=0.018m\lambda=\frac{c}{f}=\frac{340}{19055}=0.018\:\rm m


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