Why does the frequency of a siren get higher as an ambulance using that siren gets closer?
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Explanation:
According to Newton's second law of motion, the rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the applied unbalanced force. The mathematical expression is given by:
Where
F is the applied force
m is the mass of the object
v is the velocity with which it is moving
Momentum of a particle is given by the product of mass and velocity as :
Hence, this is the required solution.
To solve this problem we will apply the concept related to destructive interference (from the principle of superposition). This concept is understood as a superposition of two or more waves of identical or similar frequency that, when interfering, create a new wave pattern of less intensity (amplitude) at a point called a node. Mathematically it can be described as
Where,
d = Path difference
= wavelength
n = Any integer which represent the number of repetition of the spectrum
In this question the distance between the two source will be minimum for the case of minimum path difference, then n= 1
Therefore the minimum distance that should you separate two sources emitting the same waves is 2.5mm