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A woman is sitting at a bus stop when an ambulance with a siren wailing at 317 Hz approaches at 69 miles per hour (mph). Assume

the speed of sound to be 343 m/s. a) How fast is the ambulance moving in meters per second? (perform the necessary unit conversion) Vs= 69 mph = m/s b) What frequency does the woman hear? fa = Hz c) What speed (vs) would the ambulance be traveling in order for the woman to hear the siren at an approaching frequency of 350 Hz? Vs= m/s d) What frequency would she hear as the siren moves away from her at the same speed (as in part c)? fa = Hz

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xxMikexx [17]3 years ago

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Answer:

a) 30.84m/s

b) 348.32Hz

c) 32.34m/s

d) 289.69Hz

Explanation:

a) If 1 mile=1609,34m, and 1 hour=3600 seconds, then 69mph=69*1609.34m/3600s=30.84m/s

b) Based on Doppler effect:

/*I will take as positive direction the vector $\vec r_{observer}-\vec r_{emiter}$ */

$f_{observed}=(\frac{v_{sound}-v_{observed}}{v_{sound}-v_{emited}})f_{emited}$

$f_{observed}=(\frac{343m/s-0m/s}{343m/s-30.84m/s})317Hz=348.32Hz$

c) $350Hz=(\frac{343m/s-0m/s}{343m/s-v_{ambulance}})317Hz, V_{ambulance}=343m/s-\frac{317Hz}{350Hz}.343m/s=32.34m/s$

d) $f_{observed}=(\frac{343m/s-0m/s}{343m/s+32.34m/s})317Hz=289.69Hz$

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