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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Waves and sound
  • JEE Mains 2015
  • Hard
  • MCQ

A train is moving on a straight track with speed \(20\ ms^{-1}\). It is blowing its whistle at the frequency of \(1000\ Hz\). The percentage change in the frequency heard by a person standing near the track as the train passes him is ( speed of sound \(=320\) \(ms^{-1}\) ) close to .... \(\%\)

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(A) \(12\)

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\(f_{1}=f\left[\frac{v}{v-v_{s}}\right]=f \times \frac{320}{300} \mathrm{Hz}\)

\(f_{2}=f\left[\frac{v}{v+v_{s}}\right]=f \times \frac{320}{340} \mathrm{Hz}\)

\(\left(\frac{f_{2}}{f_{1}}-1\right) \times 100=\left(\frac{300}{340}-1\right) \times 100 \simeq 12 \%\)

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