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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Waves and sound
  • JEE Mains 2020
  • Medium
  • Numerical

A driver in a car, approaching a vertical wall notices that the frequency of his car horn, has changed from \(440\, Hz\) to \(480 \,Hz ,\) when it gets reflected from the wall. If the speed of sound in air is \(345 \,m / s ,\) then the speed of the car is \(.......km/hr\)

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(D) \(54\)

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\(f _{1}=\) frequency heard by wall \(= f _{ s }=\left(\frac{ v _{ s }}{ v _{ s }- v _{ c }}\right)\)

\(f _{2}=\) frequency heard by driver after reflection from wall

\(f_{2}=\left(\frac{v_{s}+v_{c}}{v_{s}}\right) f_{1}=\left(\frac{v_{s}+v_{c}}{v_{s}-v_{c}}\right) f_{0}\)

\(\frac{f_{2}}{f_{0}}=\frac{v_{s}-v_{c}}{v_{s}+v_{c}}\)

\(\frac{48}{44}=\frac{v_{s}-v_{c}}{v_{s}+v_{c}}\)

\(12\left( v _{ s }+ v _{ c }\right)=11\left( v _{ s }- v _{ c }\right)\)

\(23 v _{ c }= v _{ s }\)

\(v _{ c }=\frac{ v _{ s }}{23}=\frac{345}{23}=15 m / s\)

\(=\frac{15 \times 18}{5}=54 km / hr\)

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