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A person standing on a road sends a sound signal to the driver of a car going away from him at a speed of 72 km h-1. The signal travelling at 330 m s-1, in air and having a frequency of 1600 Hz gets reflected from the body of the cur and returns. Find the frequency of the reflected signal as heard by the person.

The frequency received by the car is,



After that when the reflection occurs, this frequency becomes the source frequency. So,





Here,


v=330 m/s


f0 = 1600 Hz


vs=72 kmph = 20m/s


vo=72 kmph = 20m/s




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