Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A sound detector at rest by a road sends a sound of towards a car that comes towards it at . The sound reflects from the car and comes back to the detector. (a) What frequency does the car receive? (b) What frequency comes back to the detector? (c) The detector mixes the sent and returned sound. What beat frequency does it find? (d) Another car gives a beat frequency of . How fast is it coming?
With the source and listener moving along the line between them, speeds measured in the air:
Upper signs when that body moves towards the other. An echo from a reflector coming towards you at : .
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
(a) The car as a listener. .
(b) The car as a source. .
(c) Beats. .
(d) The other car. The beats are . We want , so from :
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