NEET 2009
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2009
- Subject
- Physics
- Chapter
- Waves and Sound
NEET 2009 · Physics · Waves and Sound
The driver of a car travelling with speed 30 ~ms^ -1 towards a hill...
The driver of a car travelling with speed towards a hill sounds a horn of frequency . If the velocity of sound in air is , the frequency of reflected sound as heard by driver is





Options
- A
- B
- C
- D
Correct answer
C.
Step-by-step solution
Key Idea Apply Doppler's effect. Whenever there is a relative motion between a source of sound and the observer (listner), the frequency of sound heard by the observer is different from the actual frequency of sound emitted by source.


[for case I] [for case II] From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get


[for case I] [for case II] From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get