JEE Advanced2011PhysicsWaves and SoundActual
A police car with a siren of frequency 8 kHz is moving with uniform velocity 36 ~km / h towards a tall building which reflects the sound waves. The speed of sound in air is 320 ~m / s . The frequency of the siren heard by the car driver is
Options
- A8.50 kHz
- B8.25 kHz
- C7.75 kHz
- D7.50 kHz
Correct answer
A. 8.50 kHz
Step-by-step solution
Apparent frequency of sound heard by car driver (observer) reflected from the building will be aligned f^ & =f ( v+v₀ v-v_s ) & =8 ( 320+10 320-10 ) & =8.5 kHz aligned Correct option is (a). Analysis of Question (i) Question is simple. (ii) Driver will listen two sounds, direct and reflected. Direct sound will be of 8 kHz as driver has no relative motion with the car. But reflected sound is of increased frequency because driver and image of car both are approaching towards each other.