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JEE Advanced 2010Paper 1
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JEE Advanced
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2010
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Paper 1
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Physics
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Waves and Sound

JEE Advanced 2010 · Paper 1 · Physics · Waves and Sound

A stationary source is emitting sound at a fixed frequency f_0 ,...

A stationary source is emitting sound at a fixed frequency f0f_0, which is reflected by two cars approaching the source. The difference between the frequencies of sound reflected from the cars is 1.2%1.2 \% of f0f_0. What is the difference in the speeds of the cars (in km per hour) to the nearest integer ? The cars are moving at constant speeds much smaller than the speed of sound which is 330 ms−1330 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}.A stationary source is emitting sound at a fixed frequency f_0 , which is reflected by two cars approaching the source.

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Firstly, car will be treated as an observer which is approaching the source. Then, it will be treated as a source, which is moving in the direction of sound. A stationary source is emitting sound at a fixed frequency f_0 , which is reflected by two cars approaching the source.
Hence, f1=f0(v+v1v−v1)\quad f_1=f_0\left(\frac{v+v_1}{v-v_1}\right) f2=f0(v+v2v−v2)∴f1−f2=(1.2100)f0=f0[v+v1v−v1−v+v2v−v2] or (1.2100)f0=2v(v1−v2)(v−v1)(v−v2)f0\begin{aligned} f_2 & =f_0\left(\frac{v+v_2}{v-v_2}\right) \\ \therefore \quad f_1-f_2 & =\left(\frac{1.2}{100}\right) f_0 \\ & =f_0\left[\frac{v+v_1}{v-v_1}-\frac{v+v_2}{v-v_2}\right] \\ \text{ or }\left(\frac{1.2}{100}\right) f_0 & =\frac{2 v\left(v_1-v_2\right)}{\left(v-v_1\right)\left(v-v_2\right)} f_0 \end{aligned} As $v_1$ and $v_2$ are very very less than $v$. We can write, \left(v-v_1\right)$ or \left(v-v_2\right) \approx v$ \therefore \quad\left(\frac{1.2}{100}\right) f_0=\frac{2\left(v_1-v_2\right)}{v} f_0 or $\left(v_1-v_2\right)=\frac{v \times 1.2}{200}$ =330×1.2200=1.98 ms−1=7.128kmh−1\begin{aligned} & =\frac{330 \times 1.2}{200}=1.98 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1} \\ & =7.128 \mathrm{kmh}^{-1} \end{aligned} $\therefore$ The nearest integer is 7 . Hence, $\quad f_1=f_0\left(\frac{v+v_1}{v-v_1}\right)$\begin{aligned} f_2 & =f_0\left(\frac{v+v_2}{v-v_2}\right) \\ \therefore \quad f_1-f_2 & =\left(\frac{1.2}{100}\right) f_0 \\ & =f_0\left[\frac{v+v_1}{v-v_1}-\frac{v+v_2}{v-v_2}\right] \\ \text{ or }\left(\frac{1.2}{100}\right) f_0 & =\frac{2 v\left(v_1-v_2\right)}{\left(v-v_1\right)\left(v-v_2\right)} f_0 \end{aligned} As v1v_1 and v2v_2 are very very less than vv. We can write, \left(v-v_1\right)or(v−v2)≈vor \left(v-v_2\right) \approx v ∴(1.2100)f0=2(v1−v2)vf0\therefore \quad\left(\frac{1.2}{100}\right) f_0=\frac{2\left(v_1-v_2\right)}{v} f_0 or (v1−v2)=v×1.2200\left(v_1-v_2\right)=\frac{v \times 1.2}{200} \begin{aligned} & =\frac{330 \times 1.2}{200}=1.98 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1} \\ & =7.128 \mathrm{kmh}^{-1} \end{aligned} ∴\therefore The nearest integer is 7 .
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